公开(公告)号：GB2516407A

公开(公告)日：2015-01-21

申请号：GB201421346

申请日：2013-05-15

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： LANNI LEONARDO ,  TORTOSA ANDREA ,  BOMBACINO VINICIO ,  PIZZUTILO RICCARDO ,  CAMMISA MAXIMILLIANO

IPC: H04L45/02 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/04

Abstract: A solution for locating unprotected access points is provided. Particularly, in an embodiment of the invention a wireless network access point (105) providing an access to a network (115) over a wireless connection maintains (602-630) a location structure (530) comprising an indication of a geographical position of each one of a set of unprotected access points (105u) in proximity of the access point, each unprotected access point providing the access to the network at least partially unconditionally. A mobile station (110) submits (636) a request to access the network (115) to the access point when the mobile station is within a transmission range thereof, receives (658-660) the indication of the geographical position of at least part of the unprotected access points (105u) in response to a denial of the access from the access point, and outputs (670-680) directions towards one of the unprotected access points according to the corresponding geographical position.