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US 2014/0177549 A1Published application
Neighbor List Provision in a Communication Network
OwnerDouglas Norman Kniselyinventor
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Abstract
Techniques for neighbor list provision in a communication network are described. From an access terminal, a query for potential access points within communication range of the access terminal is received; and neighbor list information is provided to the access terminal. The neighbor list information is associated with available access points capable of providing the access terminal with access to a network.
Claims5
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A method comprising:
- receiving, from an access terminal, a request to update a neighbor list, the neighbor list including a plurality of access points in a network within a communication range of the access terminal;
- determining an additional access point in the network, not included in the plurality of access points in the neighbor list, within the communication range of the access terminal;
- modifying the neighbor list to include the additional access point;
- transmitting the modified neighbor list to the additional access point;
- and
- transmitting the modified neighbor list to the access terminal.
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A method, performed by an access terminal connected to an access point in a network, comprising:
- sending a request, to the access point, for an update to a neighbor list responsive to determining that none of a plurality of access points in the neighbor list support a communication feature required by the access terminal;
- receiving a modified neighbor list, the modified neighbor list including an additional access point not included in the plurality of access points in the neighbor list;
- determining that the additional access point in the modified neighbor list supports the communication feature required by the access terminal;
- and
- establishing a connection with the additional access point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.