Method, arrangement and devices for enabling a hybrid access gateway server to identify an access type of traffic originating from a customer-premises equipment
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsMartin Beck, Bengt-Dirk Heye, Iulian Ionita, Mounir Merhi, Pedro Tercero
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Abstract
A method of, a customer-premises equipment for, and a hybrid access gateway server for, enabling a hybrid access gateway server to identity an access type of traffic originating from a customer-premises equipment, CPE, wherein said hybrid access gateway server is arranged to control access to a service network, and wherein said CPE comprises at least two Wide Area Network, WAN, interfaces.
Claims20
A method of enabling a hybrid access gateway server to identify an access type of traffic originating from a customer-premises equipment (CPE) having at least two Wide Area Network (WAN) interfaces, the method comprising:
- receiving, by said CPE from a User Equipment (UE) a request message for requesting access to said service network;
- determining, by said CPE, an applicable access type for said received request message;
- embedding, by said CPE, an indicator of the determined applicable access type in a connect message to be sent to said hybrid access gateway server for connecting said UE to said service network, wherein the indicator does not include protocol address or port information associated with a WAN interface related to the determined applicable access type;
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- transmitting, by said CPE via the WAN interface related to the determined applicable access type, said connect message comprising said indicator of the determined applicable access type.
A method of identifying, by a hybrid access gateway server arranged to control access to a service network, an access type of traffic originating from a customer-premises equipment (CPE) having at least two Wide Area Network (WAN) interfaces, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by said hybrid access gateway server from said CPE, a connect message for requesting access to said service network;
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- determining an applicable access type for traffic originating from said CPE based on access type information embedded in said connect message, wherein the embedded access type information does not include protocol address or port information associated with a WAN interface related to the determined applicable access type.
A customer-premises equipment (CPE) arranged to control access to a service network, wherein said CPE comprises:
- at least two Wide Area Network (WAN) interfaces configured to connect the CPE to a service network, each WAN interface being related to a different access type;
- at least one processor operably coupled to the at least two WAN interfaces;
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- a non-transitory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the CPE to:
- receive, from a User Equipment (UE) a request message for requesting access to said service network;
- determine an applicable access type for said received request message;
- embed an indicator of the determined applicable access type in a connect message to be sent to said hybrid access gateway server for connecting said UE to said service network, wherein the indicator does not include protocol address or port information associated with a WAN interface related to the determined applicable access type;
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- transmit, to the hybrid access gateway server via the WAN interface related to the determined applicable access type, the connect message comprising the indicator of the determined applicable access type.
A hybrid access gateway server configured to control access to a service network by a customer-premises equipment (CPE) having at least two Wide Area Network (WAN) interfaces, said hybrid access gateway server comprising:
- network interfaces to at least two different types of access networks, each access network corresponding to one of the CPE WAN interfaces;
- at least one processor operably coupled to the at least two network interfaces;
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- a non-transitory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the hybrid access gateway to:
- receive, from said CPE, a connect message for requesting access to said service network;
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- determine an applicable access type for traffic originating from said CPE based on access type information embedded in said connect message, wherein the embedded access type information does not include protocol address or port information associated with a WAN interface related to the determined applicable access type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.