| CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
in response to receiving a presence announcement message from a wireless device, transmitting an authorization request for the wireless device to a server, the presence announcement comprising a hash including a public bootstrapping key for the wireless device;
receiving an authorization response from the server including network access information and bootstrapping information of the wireless device;
performing authentication with the wireless device based on the bootstrapping information; and
transmitting the network access information to the wireless device,
wherein the network access information includes a service set identifier (SSID) for a wireless local area network (WLAN) and credential information for the wireless device to access the WLAN, the credential information including an authentication type, a passphrase for the WLAN and an expiry time for the passphrase.
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