US 12,081,967 B2
Methods, access point device and station device for closed Wi-Fi hotspot network
Kumar Murugesan, Bangalore (IN); Kavin Kumar Thangadorai, Bangalore (IN); Srihari Sriram, Bangalore (IN); Radhika Mundra, Bangalore (IN); and Mayank Kumar Sahu, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,536.
Application 17/804,536 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/004381, filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202141015646 (IN), filed on Apr. 1, 2021; and application No. 202141015646 (IN), filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322081 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/03 (2021.01) [H04L 9/0827 (2013.01); H04L 9/0869 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for creating a closed Wi-Fi hotspot network, the method comprising:
receiving, by an Access Point (AP) device, a first input for creating the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network;
transmitting, by the AP device, an encryption key to one or more station devices over an in-band communication medium or an out-of-band communication medium in response to receiving the first input, wherein the one or more station devices are present within a predefined region associated with the AP device ;
transmitting, by the AP device, one or more management frames including cipher text to the one or more station devices over the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network;
receiving, by the AP device, a connection request from a station device for connecting to the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network, wherein the connection request is generated based on connection information of the AP device and a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of the station device, wherein the connection information of the AP device is extracted from one or more encrypted information elements of the one or more management frames using the encryption key; and
creating, by the AP device, the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network.