WIPO ASSIGNS PATENT TO INTEL FOR "WIFI AND WIMAX INTERNETWORKING" (CHINESE INVENTOR)

GENEVA, June 14 -- Publication No. WO/2011/068588 was published on June 09.

Title of the invention: "WIFI AND WIMAX INTERNETWORKING."

Applicants: INTEL CORPORATION (US).

Inventors: Chang Hong Shan (CN).

According to the abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "In accordance with some embodiments, a network may enable WiFi and WiMAX internetworking, such that a mobile node may move between the networks. This may be facilitated by assigning the same home agent and home address to a mobile node in both networks during authentication. In one embodiment, the assignment may be done by a server, such as an authentication, authorization, accounting server. A wireless gateway may control access by mobile nodes to the Internet. For example, the wireless gateway may intercept messages from a mobile node that wishes to access an Internet site and the wireless gateway can check whether the node is authorized to access the Internet."

The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2010 under Application No. PCT/US2010/050115.

For further information please visit: http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?ia=US2010/050115

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