FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to network communication engineering. A method of determining access point service capabilities may include identifying, at a mobile terminal, an access point with which the mobile terminal is capable of establishing a connection, determining, prior to authentication between the mobile terminal and the access point, whether the access point supports a particular service or connection, and enabling a connection determination to be made at the mobile terminal regarding whether to connect to the access point based on whether the access point supports the particular service or connection.
EFFECT: enabling determination of services provided by an access point before connecting to the access point.
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