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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Kaiyuan Huang, Kanata, CA;
Stephen G. Rayment, Ottawa, CA;
Kaiyuan Huang, Kanata, CA;
Stephen G. Rayment, Ottawa, CA;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
An Access Point ('AP') apparatus comprising one or more processors containing program code. The program code may be configured to: (i) cause the AP to broadcast a beacon containing a single SSID identifying the AP; (ii) cause the AP to receive from the STA an query for network information for at least one network operator accessible through the AP; and (iii) cause the AP to send to the STA, for the at least one network operator, a network information description element, in response to the network information query. The AP providing the plural responses broadcasts only a single service set identification ('SSID').