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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt, Espoo, FI;
Niko Tapani Kiukkonen, Veikkola, FI;
Mika Kasslin, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
This document relates to a wireless network where an access node may define association limitations to prefer some terminal devices over the other. A terminal device may determine the association limitations on the basis of a frame received from the access node and choose, on the basis of the received frame, whether or not to associate to the access node.