Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for accessing local services in WLANs
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Application No.: US14407037Application Date: 2014-02-24
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Publication No.: US09912629B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Mats Forsman , Tomas Thyni , Per-Ola Andersson , Annikki Welin
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Sage Patent Group
- International Application: PCT/SE2014/050226 WO 20140224
- International Announcement: WO2015/126300 WO 20150827
- Main IPC: H04L29/12
- IPC: H04L29/12 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W4/06 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/18 ; H04W80/04 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A network node enables a wireless device to communicate with a local service device, such as a printer or a projector, of a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The network node is connected both to a communication network and to the LAN or WLAN. The method includes identifying a multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) request, where the mDNS request is received from the wireless device, and assigning a LinkLocal (LL)-address for the wireless device. The method retrieves a local IP-address of an Authentication and Authorization Service (AA-S) having authorization information regarding a local service device, and authenticates, with the AA-S which type of services, that the wireless device is authorized to use. A local IP-address of the local service device is retrieved, and service data is conveyed between the wireless device and the local service device, by applying the LL-address of the local service device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160219014A1 METHOD FOR ACCESSING LOCAL SERVICES IN WLANS Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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