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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Chandiramohan Vasudevan, San Jose, CA (US);
Vikram B. Yerrabommanahalli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Francisco J. Gonzalez, San Jose, CA (US);
Rohan C. Malthankar, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing Wi-Fi authentication using an entitlement server in a wireless communication system. A wireless station may perform authentication with a carrier network entitlement server, using a protocol other than Wi-Fi. The wireless station may receive a Wi-Fi service token as part of the authentication with the carrier network entitlement server. The wireless station may perform Wi-Fi authentication with a Wi-Fi access point associated with the carrier network using the Wi-Fi service token. After performing Wi-Fi authentication using the Wi-Fi service token, the wireless station may communicate with the carrier network by way of the Wi-Fi access point.