ENABLING SECURED WIRELESS ACCESS USING USER-SPECIFIC ACCESS CREDENTIAL FOR SECURE SSID

    公开(公告)号:US20190239074A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16380718

    申请日:2019-04-10

    摘要: A hotspot provides an open wireless network and a secure wireless network. The open wireless network has no network-level encryption and allows open association therewith. The secure wireless network employs network-level encryption and requires authentication of a received access credential from a client device before allowing association therewith. A system for authorizing the client device for secured access at the hotspot includes an access controller configured to establish an encrypted connection between the client device and a login portal of the hotspot over the open wireless network, and to store a user-specific access credential transmitted via the encrypted connection as a valid access credential in a credential database. The credential database is accessed by wireless access points of the hotspot to authenticate the received access credential from the client device in response to a request from the client device to associate with the secure wireless network.