IP Library Granted Patent US 9,801,057
Granted Patent B2
US 9,801,057 · App. 14/522,081 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Wireless network access technology

Inventor: Bin Xia (Nanjing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W12/06H04W76/02H04W4/14H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 9,801,057
App. No.
14/522,081
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and a terminal for accessing a wireless network, a Wi-Fi access network node, and an authentication server. The method includes: sending, by a client on a terminal, registration information of a user to an authentication server, where the registration information includes a terminal identifier and/or a user identifier that is not entered by the user; and sending, by the client, a connection request to the Wi-Fi access network node, where the connection request includes the terminal identifier and/or the user identifier that is not entered by the user, so that the Wi-Fi access network node controls, according to the authentication information and the connection request, whether the terminal accesses the Wi-Fi access network node.

Claims (18)

1. A method for accessing a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving, by a Wi-Fi access network node, a connection request sent by a client terminal, wherein the connection request comprises a terminal identifier of the client terminal and/or an identifier regarding a user associated with the client terminal;

after receiving, by the Wi-Fi access network node, the connection request sent by a client terminal, the method further comprises:

generating, by the Wi-Fi access network node, an authentication request according to the connection request, wherein the authentication request comprises the terminal identifier and/or the identifier regarding the user;

receiving, by the Wi-Fi access network node, the authentication information from the authentication server, wherein the authentication information is generated by the authentication server according to registration information received from the client terminal when the client terminal makes the connection request to the Wi-Fi access network node and the registration information comprises the terminal identifier and/or the identifier regarding the user,

wherein receiving, by the Wi-Fi access network node, the authentication information sent by the authentication server comprises:

receiving, by the Wi-Fi access network node, the authentication information generated by the authentication server after authentication is performed on the client terminal according to the registration information and the authentication request, wherein the authentication information is used to indicate whether the client terminal is successfully authenticated, and

when the authentication information indicates that the client terminal is successfully authenticated, saving, by the Wi-Fi access network node, the terminal identifier and/or the identifier regarding the user in the connection request as legal user information; and

determining, by the Wi-Fi access network node according to the authentication information and the connection request, whether the client terminal has access to the Wi-Fi access network node; and, wherein the method further comprises

when determining whether the client terminal has access to the Wi-Fi access network node, receiving, by the Wi-Fi access network node, a webpage access and/or data service request sent by the terminal, wherein the webpage access and/or data service request comprises the terminal identifier and/or the IP address of the terminal; and

forwarding, by the Wi-Fi access network node, the webpage access and/or data service request to a corresponding web server and/or a data service server when determining that the terminal identifier and/or the IP address of the terminal is comprised in the legal user information;

wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the Wi-Fi access network node, the authentication request to the authentication server, wherein the authentication request is used to synchronize all or part of registration information stored on the authentication server to the Wi-Fi access network node; and

receiving, by the Wi-Fi access network node, the authentication information generated by the authentication server according to the authentication request, wherein the authentication information comprises all or the part of registration information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: assigning, by the Wi-Fi access network node, an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the client terminal, and saving the IP address as the legal user information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the Wi-Fi access network node, a deregistration request sent by the authentication server, wherein the deregistration request comprises the terminal identifier; and

deleting, by the Wi-Fi access network node according to the terminal identifier in the deregistration request, the terminal identifier and/or the IP address corresponding to the terminal identifier in the deregistration request from the legal user information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2014
From: XIA, BIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 034021/0385 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0122902 · Apr 24, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2013070145 · Jan 7, 2013
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