Methods and apparatus to discover authentication information in a wireless networking environment
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1. A method for a wireless device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, during network discovery and prior to authentication, a Generic Advertisement Services (GAS) request to a network access point, the GAS request requesting authentication information, the authentication information being indicative of an extensible authentication protocol method and indicative of a credential required from a wireless terminal to use for authentication of the wireless terminal, the credential being indicative of a subscriber identity module credential; and
receiving, by the wireless terminal at a media access control layer, a response to the GAS request from the network access point, wherein the response includes the authentication information.
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Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to discover authentication information in a wireless networking environment are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves transmitting, during network discovery, a Generic Advertisement Services (GAS) request to a network access point, the GAS request requesting authentication information, the authentication information being indicative of a credential required from a wireless terminal. In addition, a response to the GAS request is received from the network access point. The response includes the authentication information.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for a wireless device, the method comprising:
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transmitting, during network discovery and prior to authentication, a Generic Advertisement Services (GAS) request to a network access point, the GAS request requesting authentication information, the authentication information being indicative of an extensible authentication protocol method and indicative of a credential required from a wireless terminal to use for authentication of the wireless terminal, the credential being indicative of a subscriber identity module credential; and receiving, by the wireless terminal at a media access control layer, a response to the GAS request from the network access point, wherein the response includes the authentication information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a hardware processor configured to; transmit, during network discovery and prior to authentication, a Generic Advertisement Services (GAS) request to a network access point, the GAS request requesting authentication information, the authentication information being indicative of an extensible authentication protocol method and indicative of a credential required from a wireless terminal to use for authentication of the wireless terminal, the credential is indicative of a subscriber identity module credential; and receive, by the wireless terminal at a media access control layer, a response to the GAS request from the network access point, wherein the response includes the authentication information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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