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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2014
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Young Cheul Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Manoj Madhukar Deshpande, San Diego, CA (US);
Jen Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Chandrasekhar Therazhandur Sundarraman, San Diego, CA (US);
Srinivasan Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus and methods for facilitating identification and/or acquisition of an access point are provided. Methods can include transmitting or receiving access point information ('API') indicative of an identification of the access point ('AP'). The API can be provided at the AP through hardwiring or receipt of configuration information input by a user or transmitted to the AP by a network operator through Over-The-Air (“OTA”) signaling. The API can be computer-readable and, in some embodiments, the API can also be human-readable. The API can be transmitted on a paging channel from which user equipment (“UE”) can receive information. The frequency at which the API is transmitted can be fixed, dynamic and/or configurable. Upon receipt of the API, acquisition of the AP is attempted if the AP is determined to be a permitted AP.