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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Inventors:
Sheng Sun, Kanata, CA;
Kwok Shum Au, Shenzhen, CN;
Yunbo Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Phillip Barber, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04L 63/162 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes transmitting, by a station to an access point (AP), a fast initial link setup (FILS) authentication request and transmitting, by the station to the AP, an authorization request, where the authorization request includes an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) over local area network (LAN) (EAPOL) key. The method also includes receiving, by the station from the AP, an association response, where the association response includes the EAPOL key.