Wireless network service transaction protocol
AssigneeMalikie Innovations Limited
InventorsStephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro
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Abstract
A mobile device may retrieve service information about a network prior to associating with the network. Utilizing an advertisement protocol to transmit service query messages, a mobile device may receive service query responses from a network that identify the services available prior to establishing network capability. In other words, the messaging is prior to the exchange of any authentication parameters between the device and the network as well prior to the establishment of a recognized session between the device and the network.
Claims20
A method for a network component in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the network component, a service discovery request comprising a query request field, wherein the query request field includes information identifying a requested service;
- and
- transmitting, from the network component, a service discovery response comprising a query response field, wherein the query response field indicates whether a service matching the requested service is available or not available, and wherein the service discovery request and the service discovery response are Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) elements, as defined in an IEEE 802.11 specification.
A network component in a wireless communication network, comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions, which cause the processor to be configured to:
- receive a service discovery request comprising a query request field, wherein the query request field includes information identifying a requested service;
- and
- transmit a service discovery response comprising a query response field, wherein the query response field indicates whether a service matching the requested service is available or not available, and wherein the service discovery request and the service discovery response are Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) elements, as defined in an IEEE 802.11 specification.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store a computer program product comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a network component in a wireless communication network, cause the processor to be configured to:
- receive a service discovery request comprising a query request field, wherein the query request field includes information identifying a requested service;
- and
- transmit a service discovery response comprising a query response field, wherein the query response field indicates whether a service matching the requested service is available or not available, and wherein the service discovery request and the service discovery response are Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) elements, as defined in an IEEE 802.11 specification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.