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US 2010/0075658 A1Published application
Access terminal authorization at private access points in wireless networks
AssigneeAirvana, Inc.
InventorsJindong Hou, Kenneth Jones
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Abstract
This description relates to access terminal authorization methods in wireless networks.
Claims60
A private access point, comprising:
- a memory, the memory configured to store instructions for execution;
- and
- one or more processing devices configured to execute the instructions, the instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to:
- broadcast a first access point identifier from the private access point, the private access point being in a radio access network;
- broadcast a second access point identifier from the private access point;
- receive a first message from a first access terminal that is authorized on the private access point, the first message comprising the second access point identifier;
- and
- send a second message to the first access terminal, the second message comprising the first access point identifier, and the second message being configured to cause the first access terminal to remove the first access point identifier from an access point identifier block list of the first access terminal if the first access point identifier is on the access point identifier block list of the first access terminal.
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One or more machine-readable media storing executable instructions, the instructions for causing one or more processing devices to:
- broadcast a first access point identifier from a private access point in a radio access network;
- broadcast a second access point identifier from the private access point;
- receive a first message from a first access terminal that is authorized on the private access point, the first message comprising the second access point identifier;
- and
- send a second message to the first access terminal, the second message comprising the first access point identifier, and the second message being configured to cause the first access terminal to remove the first access point identifier from an access point identifier block list of the first access terminal if the first access point identifier is on the access point identifier block list of the first access terminal.
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A method, comprising:
- broadcasting a first access point identifier from a private access point in a radio access network;
- broadcasting a second access point identifier from the private access point;
- receiving a first message from a first access terminal that is authorized on the private access point, the first message comprising the second access point identifier;
- and
- sending a second message to the first access terminal, the second message comprising the first access point identifier, and the second message being configured to cause the first access terminal to remove the first access point identifier from an access point identifier block list of the first access terminal if the first access point identifier is on the access point identifier block list of the first access terminal.
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A method, comprising:
- broadcasting a first access point identifier from a private access point in a radio access network;
- and
- broadcasting a second access point identifier from the private access point, the first access point identifier and the second access point identifier being configured to identify the private access point to access terminals in the radio access network, the second access point identifier being different from the first access point identifier, and individual ones of the access terminals being either authorized or unauthorized on the private access point.
A method, comprising:
- assigning one or more reserved access point identifiers to a private access point network that comprises two or more private access points, so that each private access point of the two or more private access points is assigned at least one reserved access point identifier of the one or more reserved access point identifiers;
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- configuring the two or more private access points of the private access point network so that each reserved access point identifier of the one or more reserved access point identifiers is never sent in any message from the private access point network that would cause the reserved access point identifier to be placed on an access point identifier block list of any access terminal in range of one or more private access points of the private access point network.
A method, comprising:
- broadcasting a first location area identifier from a private access point in a radio access network;
- and
- wherein the private access point never includes the first location area identifier in any reject message sent from the private access point to any access terminal that communicates with the private access point such that the first location area identifier is configured to at least not be on a forbidden list of any access terminal that is authorized on the private access point.
A method, comprising:
- broadcasting a first access point identifier from a first private access point in a radio access network;
- receiving a first message from a first access terminal, the first message comprising the first access point identifier;
- determining whether the first access terminal is authorized or unauthorized on the first private access point;
- if the first access terminal is unauthorized, determining whether the first access point identifier is the same as an access point identifier of a second private access point on which the first access terminal is authorized;
- and
- if the first access point identifier is the same as the access point identifier of the second private access point, broadcasting a second access point identifier from the first private access point.
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A method, comprising:
- broadcasting a first access point identifier from a first private access point in a radio access network;
- determining whether a first access point identifier was at least recently on an access point identifier block list of a first access terminal that is authorized on the first private access point;
- if the first access point identifier was at least recently on the access point identifier block list;
- broadcasting a second access point identifier from the first private access point.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a location area update request message from an access terminal, the location area update request message comprising a first location area identifier, the location area update request message being received at a private access point in a radio access network;
- and
- sending an location area update accept message from the private access point to the access terminal in response to the location area update request message, the location area update accept message comprising a second location area identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.