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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2022
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London, GB;
Abstract
A methodof operating a telecommunications network (), the telecommunications network comprising: User Equipment (UE) (); a first Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) (), identifiable by means of a first network identifier: a hidden WLAN (); and a target WLAN (); and the method comprising the steps of: configuring the hidden WLAN so as to have a hidden network identifier that is cryptographically derived from the first network identifier ()); by means of the UE: retrieving, from the first WLAN, the first network identifier (); cryptographically processing the retrieved first network identifier thereby to derive the hidden network identifier (); searching for a WLAN using the derived hidden network identifier (): and requesting a connection to, or via, the target WLAN only after discovering the hidden WLAN (). There is also provided a method of operating the User Equipment (UE), a method of operating set of Wireless Access Points (), as well as User Equipment, a set of Wireless Access Points. and a telecommunications system therefor.