摘要:
An approach is provided for controlling access to resources according to social connections and/or characteristics of the resources. An access control platform determines one or more resources associated with at least one user, at least one device associated with the at least one user, or a combination thereof. The access control platform further processes and/or facilitates a processing of social networking information associated with the at least one user, the at least one device, or a combination thereof to determine one or more social networking groups. The access control platform also causes, at least in part, a controlling of access to the one or more resources for one or more other users, one or more other devices associated with the one or more other users, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on membership in the one or more social networking groups.
摘要:
Example method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to enable granting access rights to guest devices. Example embodiments include a method comprising receiving, by a first device, an input from a user of the first device to grant access rights to a wireless short-range communication network to a user of a second device when the first device is present within coverage of the wireless short-range communication network; and transmitting, by the first device, an access grant message to a control node managing the wireless short-range communication network, wherein the access grant message comprises one or more rules indicating that access rights for a second device are to be granted only when the first device is present within coverage of the wireless short-range communication network.
摘要:
There are provided measures for non-conflicting traffic control with different types of network selection information. Such measures exemplarily comprise performing traffic control based on a combination of (e.g. cellular type) access-related network selection information with respect to a network or a network technology type with (e.g. non-/cellular type) routing-related network selection information with respect to traffic type based routing information. Such measures are exemplarily, but not exclusively, applicable in the context of coexisting cellular and non-cellular networks or network technology types providing connectivity to a transport network.
摘要:
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to improve network performance for ad hoc network initiation. Example embodiments include a new operational sequence for wireless devices initiating the use of an ad hoc network. The example embodiments require appropriately enabled wireless devices to only respond to probe request frames from other similarly appropriately enabled wireless devices. In this manner, two devices may avoid the time consuming effort of combining two different ad hoc networks into a single ad hoc network so that the two devices can communicate.
摘要:
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed to improve the discovery of wireless networks having desired service offerings. In an example embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: broadcasting a wireless generic advertisement service request to a plurality of wireless devices, including an indication that a single response is sufficient; and receiving one or more wireless generic advertisement service responses from only one or more of a plurality of wireless devices in response to the indication that a single response is sufficient.
摘要:
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for passively sensing with a hot spot wireless device, a presence of beacon messages from any other wireless devices within a coverage area, ignoring active beacon group merging operations, allowing a mobile wireless device to join in the beacon group, within the coverage area and exchanging beacon messages with the mobile wireless device, actively sensing by exchanging a sequence of test frames with the mobile wireless device using a plurality of modes supported by both the mobile wireless device and the hot spot wireless device, and exchanging data with the mobile wireless device after the actively sensing step.
摘要:
One embodiment is directed to a method of cell selection/reselection. The method includes gathering discovery information of a secondary radio access technology (RAT) by listening to a single primary radio access technology (RAT). The method may further include performing cell selection/reselection using the discovery information.
摘要:
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to improve power conservation and efficiency in wireless mesh networks, by limiting the number of sources of group addressed frames that a peer mesh station receives. In an example embodiment of the invention, a portal wireless peer mesh device transmits a Portal Announcement frame in a wireless mesh network to create unidirectional paths from wireless mesh devices within the network to the portal. The Portal Announcement frame is relayed from one wireless peer mesh device to another to flood the network. Each wireless peer mesh device that receives the Portal Announcement frame receives the network address of the portal and the network address of the wireless peer mesh device that transmitted the frame to the receiving transmitting device. The receiving device may have received a plurality of Portal Announcement frames from a plurality of transmitting devices. A first, receiving wireless mesh device selects a second, transmitting wireless mesh device of the plurality of transmitting wireless mesh devices to be the sole transmitting source from which the first receiving wireless mesh device will receive group addressed messages. The first wireless mesh device transmits a group delivery notify message to the second wireless peer mesh device informing of the second device of its selection as the sole transmitting source of group addressed messages for the first device. Thereafter, the first wireless mesh device receives only from the second wireless peer mesh device, group addressed messages.
摘要:
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to improve power conservation and efficiency in wireless mesh networks. An example embodiment of the invention receives at a wireless mesh device a plurality of messages from other wireless mesh devices in a wireless mesh network and determines from the messages if there is one or more wireless peer mesh device in the network that is in a power save mode. If there is no wireless peer mesh device in the network that is in a power save mode, then the example embodiment transmits group addressed frames in any order. If there is at least one wireless peer mesh device in the network that is in a power save mode, then the example embodiment arranges a transmission order of group addressed frames that have a source different from a designated wireless mesh device in the network followed by group addressed frames that have the designated wireless mesh device as a source. Then the example embodiment transmits the group addressed frames in the transmission order to at least one other wireless mesh device in the network, with the group addressed frames having the designated wireless mesh device as a source being transmitted last. The arrangement of the order of transmission enables other wireless mesh devices operating in power save mode in the network to cease listening for further group addressed frames following receipt of the group addressed frames having the designated wireless mesh device as a source. In this manner power conservation and efficiency are improved in wireless mesh networks.
摘要:
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to enable power save modes of operation between wireless devices for direct data transfer in an infrastructure basic service set. The embodiments are an enhancement to the peer U-APSD power save mechanism. The embodiments provide additional operation for peer U-APSD mechanism with two stations operating in power save mode.