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Interacting method for ue fast selecting mobile communication network to access in a wlan interworking network

  • US 20070190974A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2004
  • Published: 08/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interacting method for a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) user equipment (UE) fast selecting a mobile communication network to access in WLAN interworking network, wherein comprising the steps of:

  • initiating an authentication procedure after the connection between a WLAN UE and a WLAN Access Network (AN) is established;

    sending a User Identity Request message to said WLAN UE;

    on receiving said User Identity Request message, deciding network selection information to be carried based on the information of the WLAN covering the WLAN UE and/or the WLAN information stored in the WLAN UE, and returning a message carrying said network selection information to said WLAN AN;

    deciding whether said network selection information in the received message indicates a mobile communication network to which the WLAN AN is able to route an authentication request message, if yes, the authentication request message of said WLAN UE will be forwarded to the mobile communication network indicated in the network selection information, and otherwise, sending a notification signal to said WLAN UE, and directing said WLAN UE to perform subsequent operations.

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