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Methods and apparatus to discover authentication information in a wireless networking environment

  • US 10,136,319 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2017
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to discover authentication information in a wireless network, the method comprising:

  • transmitting, from a wireless terminal, during network discovery and prior to authentication, a Generic Advertisement Services (GAS) request to a network access point, the GAS request requesting authentication information, the authentication information being indicative of an extensible authentication protocol method and indicative of a credential required from a wireless terminal to use for authentication of the wireless terminal, the credential being indicative of a username and password credential; and

    receiving, by the wireless terminal, a response to the GAS request from the network access point, wherein the response includes the authentication information.

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