Onboarding wireless devices to private networks
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorRajesh S. Pazhyannur
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Abstract
A wireless device provides a connection request to an access point for a private network. The connection request includes a standardized identifier that corresponds to an unprovisioned wireless device. The connection response from the access point indicates that the wireless device is provided access to the private network only for communications with a provisioning server. The wireless device provides a provisioning request to the provisioning server and obtains a provisioning response that include an operational profile to enable access to the private network when the wireless device is configured according to the operational profile.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing a connection request from a wireless device to an access point for a private network, the connection request including a standardized identifier with a predetermined value defined in an industry standard to correspond to an unprovisioned wireless device;
- obtaining a connection response from the access point, the connection response indicating that the wireless device is provided access to the private network only for communicating with a provisioning server;
- providing a provisioning request to the provisioning server;
- obtaining a provisioning response from the provisioning server via the access point, the provisioning response including an operational profile to enable access to the private network;
- and
- configuring the wireless device according to the operational profile.
An apparatus comprising:
- a wireless interface configured to wirelessly communicate with an access point for a private network;
- and
- a processor coupled to the wireless interface, the processor configured to:
- cause the wireless interface to provide a connection request to the access point, the connection request including a standardized identifier with a predetermined value defined in an industry standard to correspond to an unprovisioned wireless device;
- obtain a connection response from the access point, the connection response indicating that the apparatus is provided access to the private network only for communicating with a provisioning server;
- cause the wireless interface to provide a provisioning request to the provisioning server through the access point;
- obtain a provisioning response from the provisioning server via the access point, the provisioning response including an operational profile to enable access to the private network;
- and
- configure the apparatus according to the operational profile.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a wireless device, cause the processor to:
- provide a connection request to an access point for a private network, the connection request including a standardized identifier with a predetermined value defined in an industry standard to correspond to an unprovisioned wireless device;
- obtain a connection response from the access point, the connection response indicating that the wireless device is provided access to the private network only for communicating with a provisioning server;
- provide a provisioning request to the provisioning server;
- obtain a provisioning response from the provisioning server via the access point, the provisioning response including an operational profile to enable access to the private network;
- and
- configure the wireless device according to the operational profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.