Patent ID: 7116970
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of administering network selections for a mobile station between a second generation/third generation wireless network and wireless local area networks, said method comprising: (a) detecting when the mobile station encounters a wireless local area network; (b) communicating an identity of the encountered wireless local area network from the mobile station to the second generation/third generation wireless network, said communicating prompting a query for permission to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network, said query being sent from the second generation/third generation wireless network to the encounter wireless local area network; and, (c) when permission to establish the session is granted by the encountered wireless local network in response to the query, receiving a key distributed to the mobile station, said key being used by the mobile station to establish a session between the mobile station and the encountered wireless local area network.