Network based on demand wireless roaming
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a wireless controller in a wireless local area network, a request from a mobile device to connect to the wireless local area network, the mobile device in communication with the wireless local area network and a cellular network;
inserting mobile device and network attributes into said request, and transmitting said request from the wireless controller to an authentication proxy comprising a policy filter, said network attributes comprising cellular network attributes; and
receiving a response to said request and offloading mobile data from the cellular network to the wireless local area network when said request is allowed;
wherein the policy filter is configured to filter requests received at the authentication proxy based on said attributes and a network policy for offloading mobile data from the cellular network to the wireless local area network; and
wherein the authentication proxy is located at a virtual wireless local area network configured to aggregate a plurality of wireless local area networks.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device, a request from a mobile device to connect to a wireless local area network, inserting mobile device and network attributes into the request, transmitting the request from the network device to an authentication proxy comprising a policy filter, and receiving a response to the request and offloading mobile data to the wireless local area network if the request is allowed. The policy filter is configured to filter requests received at the authentication proxy based on the attributes and a network policy for offloading mobile data to the wireless local area network. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a wireless controller in a wireless local area network, a request from a mobile device to connect to the wireless local area network, the mobile device in communication with the wireless local area network and a cellular network; inserting mobile device and network attributes into said request, and transmitting said request from the wireless controller to an authentication proxy comprising a policy filter, said network attributes comprising cellular network attributes; and receiving a response to said request and offloading mobile data from the cellular network to the wireless local area network when said request is allowed; wherein the policy filter is configured to filter requests received at the authentication proxy based on said attributes and a network policy for offloading mobile data from the cellular network to the wireless local area network; and wherein the authentication proxy is located at a virtual wireless local area network configured to aggregate a plurality of wireless local area networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a network based roaming module for receiving a request from a mobile device to connect to a wireless local area network, inserting mobile device and network attributes into said request, transmitting said request to an authentication proxy comprising a policy filter, and receiving a response to said request and offloading mobile data to the wireless local area network if said request is allowed; and memory for storing said attributes; wherein the policy filter is configured to filter requests received at the authentication proxy based on said attributes and a network policy for offloading mobile data from a cellular network to the wireless local area network, the network based roaming module is configured for operation in the wireless local area network and said network attributes comprise cellular network attributes, and the authentication proxy is located at a virtual wireless local area network configured to aggregate a plurality of wireless local area networks. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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an authentication proxy for receiving authentication requests from a wireless local area network, said requests comprising mobile device and network attributes; a policy filter configured to filter said requests based on said attributes and a network policy for offloading mobile data from a cellular network to the wireless local area network; and an interface for communication with a service provider node operable to authenticate said requests and set said network policy at the policy filter; wherein said attributes comprise cellular network attributes; and wherein the authentication proxy is configured for operation at a virtual wireless local area network configured to aggregate a plurality of wireless local area networks. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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