Method for processing network selection information for a user terminal in a wireless local area network
First Claim
1. A method for processing network selection information for a user terminal in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), when a WLAN user terminal accesses a wireless communication network via a WLAN access network (WLAN AN), comprising sending an authentication signal carrying network selection information from the WLAN user terminal to the WLAN AN.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for processing network selection information for a user terminal in wireless local area network (WLAN). When a WLAN user terminal accesses a wireless communications network via a WLAN access network (WLAN AN), the WLAN user terminal sends to the WLAN AN an authentication signal carrying network selection information. This network selection information of the user terminal may be placed in a user identity field defined in the format of a network access identifier (NAI). This invention enables the user terminal to select an appropriate wireless communication network to access when attempting to access a network via a WLAN connecting a plurality of wireless communication networks.
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- 1. A method for processing network selection information for a user terminal in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), when a WLAN user terminal accesses a wireless communication network via a WLAN access network (WLAN AN), comprising sending an authentication signal carrying network selection information from the WLAN user terminal to the WLAN AN.
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