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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Esa Malkamaki, Espoo, FI;

Klaus Doppler, Albany, CA (US);

Jussi Ojala, Helsinki, FI;

Tero Henttonen, Espoo, FI;

Juha S. Korhonen, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Esa Malkamaki, Espoo, FI;

Klaus Doppler, Albany, CA (US);

Jussi Ojala, Helsinki, FI;

Tero Henttonen, Espoo, FI;

Juha S. Korhonen, Espoo, FI;

Assignee:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, system and method for providing access to a local area network for user equipment operable in a wide area network such as a long term evolution cellular network. In one embodiment, the apparatus () for use with a user equipment includes a resource allocator () configured to generate a message for the long term evolution cellular network requesting at least one characteristic of a local area network. The apparatus () also includes an accumulator () configured to receive the at least one characteristic of the local area network to enable the user equipment to access the local area network.


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