Method and a server for allocating local area network resources to a terminal according to the type of terminal
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsGerard Vergnaud, Francis Pinault
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Abstract
A processing server (10) allocates user terminals (8) resources of a local area network (WLAN). The server (10) is connected to at least one access point (1) to the local area network (WLAN) and includes control means (11) adapted, firstly, to classify the terminals (8) in a first group or a second group according to whether or not they are adapted to establish with said local area network (WLAN) communications encrypted in accordance with at least one format and, secondly, to allocate resources of the local area network (WLAN) to terminals (8) attempting to establish communication therewith as a function of whether they are classified in said first group or said second group.
Claims44
A processing server (10) for allocating user terminals (8) resources of a local area network (WLAN), which server is adapted to be connected to at least one local area network access point (1) and is characterized in that it includes control means (11) adapted:
- i) to classify the terminals (8) into a first group or a second group according to whether or not they are adapted to establish with said local area network (WLAN) communications encrypted in accordance with at least one format and ii) to allocate resources of said local area network (WLAN) to terminals (8) attempting to establish communication therewith as a function of whether they are classified in said first group or said second group.
A router (2), characterized in that it includes a processing server (10) according to any one of the preceding claims.
A method of allocating resources of a local area network (WLAN) to user terminals (8) via at least one access point (1) to said local area network, which method is characterized in that it consists in:
- i) in the case of an attempt at setting up a connection with said local area network (WLAN) by a terminal (8), classifying said terminal in a first group or a second group according to whether said connection is encrypted in accordance with at least one format or not, and ii) allocating resources of said local area network (WLAN) to said terminal (8) as a function of whether it is classified in said first group or said second group.
Use of a method, a router, an access point, a processing server and an installation according to any one of the preceding claims in communication networks selected from the group comprising PSTN, PLMN and Internet (IP) public networks and PABX private networks and private communication gateways.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.