- Patent Title: Wireless roaming method, access point device, and mobile station
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Application No.: US16320943Application Date: 2019-01-22
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Publication No.: US11452008B2Publication Date: 2022-09-20
- Inventor: Jauh Yuh-Ren , Yanchao Xu , Qinghua Yu , Long Wang
- Applicant: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai
- Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Priority: CN201910039371.3 20190116
- International Application: PCT/CN2019/072667 WO 20190122
- International Announcement: WO2020/147139 WO 20200723
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W12/0471 ; H04W8/26 ; H04W36/08 ; H04W36/30

Abstract:
A wireless roaming method, an access point apparatus and a mobile station are disclosed. The wireless roaming method comprises: determining whether or not a key for a target access point corresponding to a mobile station is stored; if the key is not stored, performing key exchange on behalf of the mobile station with the target access point so as to obtain a key corresponding to the mobile station; and sending the key to the mobile station. In the technical solution of the present disclosure, before the mobile station connects to a target access point, a current access point, on behalf of the mobile station, obtains a key corresponding to the mobile from the target access point. Therefore, the mobile station does not need to perform key exchange with the target access point after accessing to the target access point, which may reduce roaming delays caused by key exchange and improve the efficiency of wireless roaming, and thereby improve user experience.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210337435A1 WIRELESS ROAMING METHOD, ACCESS POINT DEVICE, AND MOBILE STATION Public/Granted day:2021-10-28
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