APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FACILITATING ACCESS TO A HOME, OR OTHER PUBLIC NETWORK

A method and a wireless device, the method comprising: obtaining information indicating whether at least one wireless local area network (WLAN) supports 802.1x authentication, the information being contained within a broadcast message; determining whether to use a non-802. 1x authentication mechanis...

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Main Author BUCKLEY ADRIAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Korean
Published 29.11.2010
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A method and a wireless device, the method comprising: obtaining information indicating whether at least one wireless local area network (WLAN) supports 802.1x authentication, the information being contained within a broadcast message; determining whether to use a non-802. 1x authentication mechanism based on an indicator stored at the wireless device, the non-802.1x authentication mechanism comprising a tunnel procedure; based on the information and the indicator stored at the wireless device, identifying, via the at least one WLAN, any available network using at least one of a 802.1x authentication mechanism or a non-802.1x authentication mechanism; and indicating at least one network identified using at least one of the 802. 1x authentication mechanism or the non-802.1x authentication mechanism.
Bibliography:Application Number: KR20107024461