Patent ID: 8931067
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, in a mobile terminal, for facilitating access to public wireless access points, the method comprising: completing a first authentication procedure with an a first access point for a first wireless local-area network (WLAN), to obtain services from the first wireless access point; receiving, via the first wireless access point, an identifier for a second wireless access point, for a second WLAN; receiving, via the first wireless access point, a first pre-provisioned security parameter corresponding to the second wireless access point; subsequent to receiving said identifier and said pre-provisioned security parameter, initiating a second authentication procedure with the second wireless access point; and transmitting a first authentication credential to the second wireless access point, wherein the first authentication credential is equal to or is derived from the pre-provisioned security parameter; wherein the first authentication credential is the first pre-provisioned security parameter, and wherein the method further comprises: receiving an authentication request from the second wireless access point, in response to the transmitted first authentication credential; transmitting a second authentication credential to the second wireless access point, in response to the authentication request, wherein the second authentication credential is cryptographically derived from a second pre-provisioned security parameter.