US 2003/0171112 A1 · Generic wlan architecture

Abstract

The invention relates to a method, wherein a first network is structured according to a first technology, especially a data network ((W-)LAN), comprising one or several network devices and/or interfaces (hub, bridge, V, VL), which are configured to establish communication with at least one station (W-H; H; MS) using the first technology and have basic functions (AAA, DHCP, DNS) for autonomous operation of the first network. In order to be able to collect subscriber-related data from a data source outside the network, especially a second network structured according to a second technology (GSM, UMTS), more particularly a cellular mobile telephone network, when a subscriber who is not registered in the first network is connected, one of the two networks ((W-)LAN; GSM, UMTS) generically enables logical functions of components of the other network (GSM, UMTS; (W-)LAN). The invention also relates to a network facility enabling the implementation of the above-mentioned method.

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Dependent claims

A method for performing data interchange in a first network ((W-)LAN) based on a first technology, having

one or more network devices and/or interfaces (hub, bridge, V, VL) which are designed for setting up communication with at least one station (W-H;
H;
MS) using the first technology, and
basic functions (AAA, DHCP, DNS) for autonomous operation of the first network,
characterized in that
one of the two networks ((W-)LAN;
GSM, UMTS) provides network specific logic functions (VLR;
AAA, DHCP, DNS) of the respective other network (GSM, UMTS;
(W-)LAN) for data interchange with a second network (GSM, UMTS) based on a second technology within its own network, with the network specific logic functions (VLR;
AAA, DHCP, DNS) allowing authentication and/or authorization of the station (W-H;
H;
MS) in the first or in the second network ((W-)LAN;
GSM, UMTS).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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