METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR ACCESSING A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method for accessing a wireless local area network in a telecommunications system, the system including at least one terminal and a plurality of networks, the method comprising:
- storing information sets describing settings used to access wireless local area networks and their associated resources in the at least one terminal;
scanning for information related to names of available wireless local area networks using the at least one terminal;
determining available information sets by comparing the information related to names of available wireless local area networks to the stored information sets; and
accessing at least one wireless local area network based on settings described in an available information set, andwherein the storing stores network names of wireless local area networks associated with the stored information sets, the scanning sends network identity requests and searches for network identity responses, and the determining available information sets determines the available information sets by comparing the stored network names to the scanned information related to names of available wireless local area networks.
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Abstract
A method for accessing a network in a telecommunication system which comprises at least one terminal and a plurality of networks in which information sets describing settings needed to access networks and their resources are stored in the terminal. The terminal scans for information about available networks. Available information sets are determined by comparing the information about available networks to the stored information sets. At least one network is accessed based on the settings defined in the available information sets.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for accessing a wireless local area network in a telecommunications system, the system including at least one terminal and a plurality of networks, the method comprising:
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storing information sets describing settings used to access wireless local area networks and their associated resources in the at least one terminal; scanning for information related to names of available wireless local area networks using the at least one terminal; determining available information sets by comparing the information related to names of available wireless local area networks to the stored information sets; and accessing at least one wireless local area network based on settings described in an available information set, and wherein the storing stores network names of wireless local area networks associated with the stored information sets, the scanning sends network identity requests and searches for network identity responses, and the determining available information sets determines the available information sets by comparing the stored network names to the scanned information related to names of available wireless local area networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A terminal comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate with a wireless local area network; a memory configured to store information sets describing settings used to access wireless local area networks and their resources; a scanner configured to scan for information relating to the identification of names of available wireless local area networks; a processor configured to determine available information sets by comparing the information related to names of available wireless local area networks to information sets stored in the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to access at least one wireless local area network based on the settings described in one of more of an available information set, wherein the memory is further configured to store names of wireless local area networks belonging to the stored information sets, the scanner is arranged to scan by sending network identity requests and searching for network identity responses, and the process is further configured to determine available information sets by comparing the network names stored in the memory to the scanned information identifying the names of the available wireless local networks. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A terminal comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate with a wireless local area network; at least one memory device configured to store information sets describing settings used to access wireless local area networks and their resources; at least one scanner configured to scan information related to identifying names of available wireless local area networks; at least one determination module configured to determine available information sets by comparing the information related to names of available wireless local area networks to information sets stored by the at least one memory device; and at least one access device configured to access at least one wireless local area network based on settings described in one or more of the available information sets, wherein the at least one memory device is arranged to store names of the wireless local area networks belonging to the stored information sets, the at least one scanner is configured to perform the scanning by sending network identity requests and searching for network identity responses, and the at least one determination module is configured to determine the available information sets by comparing the stored network names to the scanned information identifying the names of the available wireless local area networks. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store information sets relating to settings used to access wireless local area networks and their resources, including information relating to names of the wireless local area networks; and a control unit configured to; arrange scanning of information related to identifying names of available wireless local area networks at least by sending network identity requests and searching for network identity responses; determine available information sets by comparing the information related to names of the available wireless networks to information sets stored in the memory and by comparing the stored network names to the scanned information identifying the names of the available wireless load area networks; and arrange access to at least one wireless local area network based on settings described in one or more of the available information sets. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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Specification