Methods and apparatus for providing network broadcast information to wlan enabled wireless communication devices
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsAdrian Buckley, Vytautas Robertas Kezys
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Abstract
One illustrative method for a wireless device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes receiving a network interworking indicator at the wireless device, the network interworking indicator indicating support of a capability of the WLAN to communicate information relating to a wireless network. A request for network information identifying one or more networks is transmitted from the wireless device to the WLAN. The network information is received in response to the request for network information. The network information is provided in a container field of a generic container.
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A method for a wireless device in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
- receiving a network interworking indicator at the wireless device, the network interworking indicator indicating support of a capability of the WLAN to communicate information relating to a wireless network,
- transmitting from the wireless device to the WLAN, a request for network information identifying one or more networks, and
- receiving the network information in response to the request for network information, wherein the network information is provided in a container field of a generic container.
A wireless device, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a network interworking indicator at the wireless device, the network interworking indicator indicating support of a capability of the WLAN to communicate information relating to a wireless network,
- transmit, from the wireless device to the wireless local area network, a request for network information identifying one or more networks, and
- receive the network information in response to the request for network information, wherein the network information is provided in a container field of a generic container.
A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
- after providing a network interworking indicator to a wireless device, the network interworking indicator indicating support of a capability of the WLAN to communicate network information relating to a wireless network:
- receiving, from the wireless device, a request message for network information which identifies one or more networks;
- and
- in response to the request message, providing the network information in a container field of a generic container for transmission to the wireless device.
A wireless local area network (WLAN) comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- after providing a network interworking indicator to the wireless device, the network interworking indicator indicating support of a capability of the WLAN to communicate network information relating to a wireless network:
- receive a message from the wireless device for requesting network information which identifies one or more networks, and
- provide the network information in a container field of a generic container for transmission to the wireless device in response to receiving the message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.