Patent ID: 8978105
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a station, a query transport protocol (QTP) query, the QTP query including an asserted membership to a target network from a plurality of networks, the QTP query requesting an indication of an attachment possibility with the station to the target network; comparing the asserted membership to the target network to membership records; transmitting, to the station, before a request is sent from the station to attach to the target network, a QTP query response when the asserted membership matches the membership records, the QTP query response indicating an association possibility; and transmitting, to the station, a representation of a list including the target network and a subset of the plurality of networks, each network from the subset of the plurality of networks having an association possibility, the subset of the plurality of networks excluding the target network.