Regulatory compliance for wireless devices
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1. A method in a mobile device, the method comprising:
- identifying a geographic location of the mobile device;
accessing a lookup table based on the location of the mobile device, the lookup table including local telecommunication regulations established by telecommunication regulatory bodies to authorize the mobile device to operate at the geographic location, wherein the telecommunications regulatory bodies are governmental authorities associated with the geographic location;
identifying, from the lookup table, the local telecommunication regulations associated with the geographic location of the mobile device;
determining whether an access point complies with at least one of the identified local telecommunication regulations; and
refusing to connect with the access point in response to determining that the access point does not comply with at least one of the identified local telecommunication regulations.
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Abstract
A wireless device may be subject to regulations based on the location (e.g. country). Accordingly, the wireless device may need to identify regulations for its current location. A lookup table or database that includes regulations for different locations may be used for identifying the regulations for the current location of the wireless device. The lookup table may be stored locally on the wireless device or retrieved over a network. The identified regulations may be used to modify certain operating parameters of the wireless device to comply with the local regulations and determine whether or not to associate with an incorrectly configured Access Point.
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1. A method in a mobile device, the method comprising:
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identifying a geographic location of the mobile device; accessing a lookup table based on the location of the mobile device, the lookup table including local telecommunication regulations established by telecommunication regulatory bodies to authorize the mobile device to operate at the geographic location, wherein the telecommunications regulatory bodies are governmental authorities associated with the geographic location; identifying, from the lookup table, the local telecommunication regulations associated with the geographic location of the mobile device; determining whether an access point complies with at least one of the identified local telecommunication regulations; and refusing to connect with the access point in response to determining that the access point does not comply with at least one of the identified local telecommunication regulations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23)
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11. A wireless device, the device comprising:
a processor configured to; determine a geographic location of the wireless device; access a lookup table that includes local telecommunication regulations established by telecommunication regulatory bodies to authorize the mobile device to operate at the geographic location, wherein the telecommunications regulatory bodies are governmental authorities associated with the geographic location; identify the local telecommunication regulations for the geographic location of the wireless device from the lookup table; determine whether one or more access points comply with at least one of the identified local telecommunication regulations; and refuse to connect with an access point in response to determining that the access point does not comply with at least one of the identified local telecommunication regulations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20)
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18. A wireless local area network (“
- WLAN”
) device, the device comprising;a processor configured to; retrieve a lookup table stored with the WLAN device, wherein the lookup table includes local telecommunication regulations established by telecommunication regulatory bodies to authorize the mobile device to operate at a geographic location, wherein the telecommunications regulatory bodies are governmental authorities associated with the geographic location; identify the local telecommunication regulations from the lookup table based on the geographic location of the WLAN device; determine whether an access point complies with at least one of the identified local telecommunication regulations; and refuse to connect with the access point in response to determining that the access point does not comply with at least one of the identified local telecommunication regulations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 21)
- WLAN”
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