Zeroconf profile transferring to enable fast roaming
First Claim
1. A method for transferring zeroconf profiles between wireless devices to enable fast roaming, comprising:
- receiving user identification from a user computing device that is connected to a wireless device, wherein the user identification is sent to an authentication server to determine a zeroconf profile name;
in response to receiving a user authorization from the authentication server, providing the user computing device with access to a network;
using a zeroconf profile to provide the user computing device with access to services on the network, wherein the zeroconf profile is identified using the zeroconf profile name;
in response to determining that the user computing device is roaming from the wireless device to a neighboring wireless device, sending the zeroconf profile name to the neighboring wireless device;
identifying, by the neighboring wireless device, the zeroconf profile by the zeroconf profile name to provide the user computing device with access to the services, wherein the neighboring wireless device bypasses the authentication server when locating the services that the user computing device is authorized to access.
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Abstract
Example embodiments relate to zeroconf profile transferring to enable fast roaming. In example embodiments, user identification is received from a user computing device that is connected to a wireless device, where the user identification is sent to an authentication server to determine a zeroconf profile name. In response to receiving a user authorization from the authentication server, the user computing device is provided with access to a network. Further, a zeroconf profile is used to provide the user computing device with access to services on the network, where the zeroconf profile is identified using the profile name. The zeroconf profile name is then sent to a neighboring wireless device that uses the zeroconf profile name to identify the zeroconf profile for providing the user computing device with access to the services.
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1. A method for transferring zeroconf profiles between wireless devices to enable fast roaming, comprising:
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receiving user identification from a user computing device that is connected to a wireless device, wherein the user identification is sent to an authentication server to determine a zeroconf profile name; in response to receiving a user authorization from the authentication server, providing the user computing device with access to a network; using a zeroconf profile to provide the user computing device with access to services on the network, wherein the zeroconf profile is identified using the zeroconf profile name; in response to determining that the user computing device is roaming from the wireless device to a neighboring wireless device, sending the zeroconf profile name to the neighboring wireless device; identifying, by the neighboring wireless device, the zeroconf profile by the zeroconf profile name to provide the user computing device with access to the services, wherein the neighboring wireless device bypasses the authentication server when locating the services that the user computing device is authorized to access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for transferring zeroconf profiles, comprising a wireless device and a neighboring wireless device, the wireless device comprising a processor and a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the processor to:
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receive user identification from a user computing device; send the user identification to an authentication server, wherein the authentication server uses the user identification to identify a zeroconf profile name; and use the zeroconf profile name to identify a zeroconf profile for providing the user computing device with access to services; and in response to determining that the user computing device is roaming from the wireless device to a neighboring wireless device, sending the zeroconf profile name to the neighboring wireless device, the neighboring wireless device to; identify the zeroconf profile by the zeroconf profile name to provide the user computing device with access to the services, wherein the neighboring wireless device bypasses the authentication server when locating the services that the user computing device is authorized to access. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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