Operator formed network consortiums
AssigneeRuckus IP Holdings LLC
InventorsDoron Givoni, Dave Stephenson, Steve Martin
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Abstract
Networking systems and methods here include utilizing an exchange service in communication with a network service, the network service being in communication with a first network and a second network, the exchange service configured to, receive a formation request to form a consortium of networks among the first network and second network, send provision information to a first AP in the first network regarding the second network and a second AP in the second network regarding the first network.
Claims13
A method for associating a wireless user equipment device that belongs to a first WiFi network with a first access point of a second WiFi network, the second WiFi network being different from the first WiFi network, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the first access point, an identifier of the first WiFi network, where the first WiFi network is part of a consortium of WiFi networks that includes at least the first WiFi network and the second WiFi network;
- receiving, at the first access point, information from the wireless user equipment device identifying the first WiFi network;
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- associating the wireless user equipment device with the first access point based at least in part on the wireless user equipment device belonging to the first WiFi network.
A method for associating a wireless user equipment device that belongs to a first WiFi network with a first access point of a second WiFi network that is different from the first WiFi network, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the first access point, an affiliation request from the wireless user equipment device;
- receiving from an exchange service at least an identifier of the first WiFi network and an indication that the first WiFi network is part of a consortium of WiFi networks that includes at least the first WiFi network and the second WiFi network;
- transmitting a request to authenticate the wireless user equipment device that is addressed to the exchange service;
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- receiving from the exchange service an indication that the wireless user equipment device has been authenticated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.