Method and system for identifying an access point into a wireless network
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- at a mobile station, generating a mobile registration message for registering the mobile station for services in a wireless network, wherein an access point identifier is included in the mobile registration message, the access point identifier identifying an access point into the wireless network;
sending the mobile registration message from the mobile station to a wireless network agent, via the access point; and
registering the mobile station in the wireless network for services determined according to the access point identifier included in the mobile registration message.
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Abstract
A method and system for a mobile station to identify to a wireless network agent, an access point into a wireless network. The mobile station obtains an indication of an access point into the wireless network and inserts the indication into a mobile registration message. The access point identifier identifies an access point into the wireless network. Then, the mobile station sends the mobile registration message to the wireless network agent via the access point identified by the access point identifier. The wireless network agent receives the mobile registration message and provides the access point identifier to an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server. The AAA server uses the access point identifier to provide location-based services to the mobile station.
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50 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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at a mobile station, generating a mobile registration message for registering the mobile station for services in a wireless network, wherein an access point identifier is included in the mobile registration message, the access point identifier identifying an access point into the wireless network; sending the mobile registration message from the mobile station to a wireless network agent, via the access point; and registering the mobile station in the wireless network for services determined according to the access point identifier included in the mobile registration message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving from a mobile station, a mobile registration message for registering the mobile station for services in a wireless network, an access point identifier being included in the mobile registration message; extracting from the mobile registration message, the access point identifier, the access point identifier identifying a location of an access point into the wireless network; and registering the mobile station in the wireless network for services determined according to the access point identifier included in the mobile registration message. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method comprising:
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at a mobile station, inserting into a mobile registration message for registering the mobile station for services in a wireless network, an access point identifier and information selected from the group consisting of a hardware address of a network device, an indication of a traffic channel, an indication of a strength of a signal received, and an indication of a location of the mobile station; sending the mobile registration message from the mobile station to a wireless network agent via the access point into the wireless network; and registering the mobile station in the wireless network for services determined according to at least the access point identifier in the mobile registration message.
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25. A mobile station comprising computer instructions stored in memory and executable by a processor to perform the functions of:
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inserting an access point identifier into a mobile registration message, the mobile registration message being used to register the mobile station for services in a wireless network, and the access point identifier identifying an access point into the wireless network; sending the mobile registration message to a wireless network agent, via the access point; and receiving a registration response indicative of the mobile station being registered in the wireless network for services determined according to the access point identifier in the mobile registration message. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A wireless network comprising:
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a mobile station; a wireless network agent; the mobile station comprising computer instructions stored in memory and executable by a processor for performing the functions of; inserting an access point identifier into a mobile registration message, the mobile registration message being used to register the mobile station for services in a wireless network, and the access point identifier identifying an access point into the wireless network; and sending the mobile registration message to a wireless network agent, via the access point; the wireless network agent comprising computer instructions stored in memory and executable by a processor for performing the functions of; receiving the mobile registration message; extracting from the mobile registration message the access point identifier; sending to a AAA server the access point identifier; and registering the mobile station in the wireless network for services determined according to the access point identifier in the mobile registration message. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A server comprising computer instructions stored in memory and executable by a processor for performing the functions:
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receiving from a mobile station, a mobile registration message comprising an access point identifier, the mobile registration message being used to register the mobile station for services in a wireless network; extracting from the mobile registration message, the access point identifier, the access point identifier identifying a location of an access point into the wireless network; and registering the mobile station in the wireless network for services determined according to the access point identifier in the mobile registration message. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A system comprising computer instructions stored in memory and executable by a processor for performing the functions of:
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at a mobile station, inserting into a mobile registration message for registering the mobile station for services in a wireless network, an access point identifier and information selected from the group consisting of a hardware address of a network device, an indication of a traffic channel, an indication of a strength of a signal received, and an indication of a location of the mobile station; sending the mobile registration message from the mobile station to a wireless network agent via the access point into the wireless network; and registering the mobile station in the wireless network for services determined according to at least the access point identifier in the mobile registration message.
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