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US 2011/0255459 A1Published application
Wireless metropolitan area network service over wireless local area network
OwnerVivek Gupta, Muthaiah Venkatachalaminventors
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, and systems for providing wireless metropolitan area network services over wireless local area networks.
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A method comprising:
- establishing, by a mobile subscriber station, a wireless connection with a wireless local area network (WLAN) access service network (ASN);
- transmitting, by the mobile subscriber station, subsequent to the establishing of the wireless connection, a generic service access request to a server of a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) core service network (CSN), the generic service access request to request access to a generic service provided by the server;
- and
- receiving, by the mobile station, a generic service access response from the server indicating enabled access to the service.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a translator configured to facilitate provision of access, by a mobile subscriber station, to a service selected from a plurality of generic wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) services, when the mobile subscriber station is communicatively coupled to the apparatus through a wireless local area network (WLAN) access service network (ASN);
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- a mapper configured to map an interface to a protocol interface, based on the selected service, to provide the mobile subscriber station access to the selected service.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having associated instructions that, if executed, cause a server of a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) core services network (CSN) to:
- receive a generic services access request from a mobile subscriber station through a wireless local area network (WLAN) access service network (ASN), the generic services access request requesting access to a service provided by the server;
- determine that the mobile subscriber station is permitted to access the service;
- and
- transmit a generic services access response to indicate permission to access the service based on said determination that the mobile subscriber station is permitted to access the service.
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A method comprising:
- establishing, by one or more components of a wireless local area network (WLAN) access service network (ASN), a wireless connection with a mobile subscriber station;
- receiving a generic service access request from the MSS after the establishing of the wireless connection;
- transmitting the generic service access request to a generic wireless metropolitan access network (WMAN) services server;
- receiving, in response to the generic service access request, a generic service access response from the generic WMAN services server;
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- transmitting the generic service access response to the MSS.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.