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Wireless network control device and wireless network control system

US7693507B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2006
Grant dateApr 6, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless LAN control device includes a wireless LAN control unit having a transmitting/receiving unit performing communications with a plurality of wireless LAN access points belonging to different user groups and a wireless LAN connection control unit. The wireless connection control unit executes control of transferring a user authentication request received by the transmitting/receiving unit via one of the plurality of wireless LAN access points and given from a wireless LAN terminal belonging to one of the user groups toward an authentication server that should execute an authentication process in response to the user authentication request, and transmitting an authentication result given from the authentication server in response to the user authentication request to the wireless LAN terminal via one of the plurality of wireless LAN access points.

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