Method for providing secure access to IMS multimedia services to residential broadband subscribers
OwnerStinson Samuel Mathai, Wenhua Wanginventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for providing secure access for a communication unit to an IP Multimedia Network in a communication system. The communication system includes a local area network (LAN), an Internet, and the IP Multimedia Network. A first secure connection is established between the LAN and the IP Multimedia Network. The first secure connection traverses the Internet. Secure access is provided to the communication unit by utilizing the first secure connection and a second connection between the communication unit and the LAN.
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A method for providing secure access for a communication unit to an IP Multimedia Network in a communication system, the communication system including a local area network (LAN), an Internet, and the IP Multimedia Network, the method comprising:
- establishing a first secure connection between the LAN and the IP Multimedia Network, the first secure connection traversing the Internet;
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- providing secure access to the communication unit, the secure access comprising the first secure connection and a second connection between the communication unit and the LAN.
A method for providing secure access to IMS multimedia services to a communication unit, the method comprising:
- establishing a first secure connection between a residential broadband gateway and an IP (Internet Protocol) multimedia network;
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- establishing a second secure connection between a mobile unit and the IP multimedia network via the first connection, wherein the second connection comprises the first secure connection and a third secure connection between the communication unit and the residential broadband gateway.
A method for providing secure access for a communication unit to an IP Multimedia Network in a communication system, the communication system including a local area network (LAN), an Internet, and the IP Multimedia Network, the LAN including a residential broadband gateway (RBGW), the method comprising:
- establishing a first secure connection between the LAN and the IP Multimedia Network, the first secure connection traversing the Internet;
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- providing secure access to the communication unit, the secure access comprising the first secure connection and a second connection between the communication unit and the LAN, wherein the second connection traverses the RBGW, and wherein the RBGW stores IP addresses of devices that access the LAN.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.