UTILIZING RESTRICTION CODES IN WIRELESS ACCESS POINT CONNECTION ATTEMPTS
First Claim
1. A method for connection establishment in a wireless communication network, comprising:
- determining whether a group identifier related to a restricted association access point is present in a maintained list of accessible access point group identifiers;
requesting connection establishment with the restricted association access point based at least in part on the determination; and
receiving a rejection in response to the requesting connection establishment, the rejection comprises a restriction code that indicates the group identifier is unsuitable for establishing the requested connection.
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate utilizing restriction codes in rejecting connection requests with restricted association access points to indicate a reason for the rejection. Mobile devices can maintain a list of accessible access points and/or groups of access points, which can be consulted during cell reselection to ensure unsuitable restricted association access points are not utilized in cell reselection. Based on receiving a rejection code from a restricted association access point, a mobile device can remove the access point, or a related group, from its maintained list so that subsequent reselection attempts avoid the access point and/or access points in the related group.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for connection establishment in a wireless communication network, comprising:
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determining whether a group identifier related to a restricted association access point is present in a maintained list of accessible access point group identifiers; requesting connection establishment with the restricted association access point based at least in part on the determination; and receiving a rejection in response to the requesting connection establishment, the rejection comprises a restriction code that indicates the group identifier is unsuitable for establishing the requested connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; verify presence of a group identifier related to a restricted association access point within a maintained list of accessible access point group identifiers; request connection establishment with the restricted association access point based at least in part on the presence of the group identifier in the maintained list; and receive a restriction code in response to the requesting connection establishment indicating the group identifier is unsuitable for connection establishment; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor.
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11. A wireless communications apparatus that facilitates establishing connection with one or more access points in wireless communications, comprising:
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means for determining that a group identifier related to a restricted association access point is present in a maintained list of accessible access point group identifiers; means for requesting connection establishment with the restricted association access point based at least in part on the determination; and means for receiving a restriction code in response to the requesting connection establishment indicating establishing connection with the restricted association access point is restricted.
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12. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing at least one computer to determine whether a group identifier related to a restricted association access point is present in a maintained list of accessible access point group identifiers; code for causing the at least one computer to request connection establishment with the restricted association access point based at least in part on the determination; and code for causing the at least one computer to receive a rejection in response to the requesting connection establishment, the rejection comprises a restriction code that indicates the group identifier is unsuitable for establishing connection.
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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an access list controller that maintains a list of accessible access point group identifiers and determines a group identifier related to a restricted association access point is present in the list; a connection requestor that requests connection establishment with the restricted association access point based at least in part on the determination by the access list controller; and a restriction code receiver that receives a restriction code in response to the requesting connection establishment indicating the group identifier is unsuitable for establishing connection. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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