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US 9,313,730 B2Granted
Public land mobile network (“PLMN”) discovery communications in a wireless network
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsStephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro
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Abstract
A mobile device may retrieve information about a network prior to associating with the network. For example, the information may be related to a public land mobile network (“PLMN”) and compatibility with Extensible Authentication Protocols (“EAPs”).
Claims6
A method in a wireless device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, prior to association of the wireless device with a wireless local area network (WLAN), a request from the wireless device, the request requesting any Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) methods supported by a public land mobile network (PLMN) accessible via the WLAN;
- receiving, prior to association of the wireless device with the WLAN, a first identifier indicative of a first EAP method supported by the PLMN;
- and
- receiving, prior to association of the wireless device with the WLAN, a second identifier indicative of a second EAP method supported by the PLMN.
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A wireless device, the device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- transmit, prior to association of the wireless device with a wireless local area network (WLAN), a request from the wireless device, the request requesting any Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) methods supported by a public land mobile network (PLMN) accessible via the WLAN;
- receive, prior to association of the wireless device with the WLAN, a first identifier indicative of a first EAP method supported by the PLMN;
- and
- receive, prior to association of the wireless device with the WLAN, a second identifier indicative of a second EAP method supported by the PLMN.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.