Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network node and method for handling network connections
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Application No.: US14778780Application Date: 2015-08-06
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Publication No.: US09860809B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Filip Mestanov , Guido Hiertz
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Sage Patent Group
- International Application: PCT/SE2015/050855 WO 20150806
- International Announcement: WO2016/072902 WO 20160512
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W36/08 ; H04W36/06 ; H04W36/22 ; H04W48/20 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, node and a method performed by the WLAN node for assisting a Station, STA, in selecting a WLAN connection for the STA., The WLAN node provides a first WLAN and a second WLAN with overlapping coverage, the first WLAN providing connections for a first number of STAs and the second WLAN providing connections for a second number of STAs, whereby the second number of STAs is a subset of the first number of STAs. The second number of STAs is being authorized to connect to the second WLAN. The method comprises detecting that the STA connected to or trying to connect to the first WLAN of the WLAN node is authorized to access the second WLAN of the WLAN node and sending a message to the STA comprising an indication to the STA to connect to the second WLAN of the WLAN node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160330662A1 NETWORK NODE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING NETWORK CONNECTIONS Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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