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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 27, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Kumar Murugesan, Bangalore, IN;
Kavin Kumar Thangadorai, Bangalore, IN;
Srihari Sriram, Bangalore, IN;
Radhika Mundra, Bangalore, IN;
Mayank Kumar Sahu, Bangalore, IN;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method, an Access Point (AP) device for creating a closed Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspot network, and a method, a station device for connecting to the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network. The AP device receives a first input for creating the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network, transmits an encryption key to the station device, which is present within a predefined region, over an in-band communication medium or an out-of-band communication medium, and creates the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network by communicating management frames in cipher text with the station device. The station device receives the encryption key and the management frames from the AP device; and transmits a connection request to the AP device for connecting to the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network. The communication of the management frames in the cipher text provides improved security against attacks associated with Wi-Fi hotspot networks.