Method and apparatus for activating a wireless communication device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsEetay Natan, Avishay Sharaga
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to activate over the air a wireless communication device by using a client-initiated bootstrap server and without the use of a provisioning server, a provisioning session and a provisioning protocol implementation at one or more servers of the wireless network. The client-initiated bootstrap server sends a bootstrap script and/or document to the wireless communication device to set an activation flag with commands included in the bootstrap scrip.
Claims18
A method of activating and provisioning a wireless communication device, comprising:
- receiving a notification from an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server sent to an initial bootstrap server;
- activating and provisioning said wireless communication device by using the initial bootstrap server to set an activation flag of said wireless communication device without using a provisioning server, a provisioning session and a provisioning protocol that is implemented at one or more servers of a wireless network by sending the bootstrap script via a user datagram protocol (UDP) packet;
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- wherein the initial bootstrap server customizes the bootstrap script for the wireless communication device using the media access control (MAC) address of the device.
An apparatus comprising:
- an initial bootstrap server to set an activation flag of a wireless communication device without using a provisioning server, a provisioning session and a provisioning protocol implementation at one or more servers of a wireless network;
- wherein the initial bootstrap server is able to receive a notification from an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server and to send a bootstrap script via a user datagram protocol (UDP) packet;
- wherein the initial bootstrap server is configured to customize the bootstrap script for the wireless communication device using the media access control (MAC) address of the device.
A wireless communication system comprising:
- an initial bootstrap server to set an activation flag of a wireless communication device without using a provisioning server, a provisioning session and a provisioning protocol implementation at one or more servers of a wireless network;
- wherein the initial bootstrap server is able to receive a notification from an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server and to send a bootstrap script via a user datagram protocol (UDP) packet;
- wherein the initial bootstrap server is configured to customize the bootstrap script for the wireless communication device using the MAC address of the device.
An initial bootstrap server for activating and provisioning a wireless communication device comprising:
- a memory to store a bootstrap script template operably coupled to a processor that generates a bootstrap script wherein said bootstrap script when executed, results in:
- receiving a notification from an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server sent to the initial bootstrap server;
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- activating and provisioning said wireless communication device by using the initial bootstrap server to set an activation flag of said wireless communication device without using a provisioning server, a provisioning session and a provisioning protocol that is implemented at one or more servers of a wireless network by sending the bootstrap script via a user datagram protocol (UDP) packet;
- wherein the initial bootstrap server is configured to customize the bootstrap script for the wireless communication device using the MAC address of the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.