Establishing lwa-wlan communication

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in conjunction with an electronic device, the computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, wherein, when executed by the electronic device, the program instructions cause the electronic device to communicate with another electronic device by performing operations comprising:

• receiving information, associated with the other electronic device, that advertise support for a communication protocol and for one or more cellular-telephone-network data communication Wi-Fi aggregation protocols;
• providing a query, addressed to the other electronic device, for identifiers of one or more cellular-telephone networks, one or more networks that are hosted by one or more entities that are other than a cellular-telephone provider, or both that provide communication via the one or more cellular-telephone-network data communication Wi-Fi aggregation protocols, and which are supported by the electronic device;
• receiving, associated with the other electronic device, the identifiers of the one or more cellular-telephone networks, the one or more networks that are hosted by the one or more entities that are other than the cellular-telephone provider, or both in response to the query;
• comparing the identifiers with pre-provisioned identifiers;
• and
• when there is a match between one of the identifiers and one of the pre-provisioned identifiers, associate with the other electronic device.

A method for communicating with another electronic device, the method comprising:

• by an electronic device:
• receiving information, associated with the other electronic device, that advertise support for a communication protocol and for one or more cellular-telephone-network data communication Wi-Fi aggregation protocols;
• providing a query, addressed to the other electronic device, for identifiers of one or more cellular-telephone networks, one or more networks that are hosted by one or more entities that are other than a cellular-telephone provider, or both that provide communication via the one or more cellular-telephone-network data communication Wi-Fi aggregation protocols, and which are supported by the electronic device;
• receiving, associated with the other electronic device, the identifiers of the one or more cellular-telephone networks, the one or more networks that are hosted by the one or more entities that are other than the cellular-telephone provider, or both in response to the query;
• comparing the identifiers with pre-provisioned identifiers;
• and
• when there is a match between one of the identifiers and one of the pre-provisioned identifiers, associate with the other electronic device.