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US 2014/0233544 A1Published application
Public land mobile network ("plmn") discovery communications in a wireless network
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsStephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro
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Abstract
A mobile device may retrieve information about a network prior to associating with the network. For example, the information may be related to a public land mobile network (“PLMN”) and compatibility with Extensible Authentication Protocols (“EAPs”).
Claims10
A method in a wireless device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, prior to association of the wireless device with a wireless local area network (WLAN), a request from the wireless device, the request requesting any Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method supported by a public land mobile network (PLMN) accessible via the WLAN;
- and
- receiving, prior to association of the wireless device with the WLAN, an identifier indicative of an EAP method supported by the PLMN.
A wireless device, the device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- transmit, prior to association of the wireless device with a wireless local area network (WLAN), a request from the wireless device, the request requesting any Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method supported by a public land mobile network (PLMN) accessible via the WLAN;
- and
- receive, prior to association of the wireless device with the WLAN, an identifier indicative of an EAP method supported by the PLMN.
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A method in a wireless device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, prior to association of the wireless device with the WLAN, a request from the wireless device, the request requesting any public land mobile network (PLMN) that supports a requested EAP method;
- and
- receiving, prior to association of the wireless device, an identifier indicative of a PLMN that supports the requested EAP method.
A wireless device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- transmit, prior to association of the wireless device with the WLAN, a request from the wireless device, the request requesting any public land mobile network (PLMN) that supports a requested EAP method;
- and
- receive, prior to association of the wireless device, an identifier indicative of a PLMN that supports the requested EAP method.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.