Enabling provider network inter-working with mobile access
AssigneesNokia Siemens Networks Oy, Nokia Corporation
InventorsRavi Pandey, Roman Pichna, Zexian Li
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Abstract
Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a method may comprise authenticating a subscriber based upon one or more messages received from a subscriber equipment, via an Access Network Gateway (ANG); sending an access authorization message to the ANG authorizing the subscriber equipment; and wherein the access authorization message includes an address of a tunnel endpoint node and a tunnel method identifier (ID) to be used by the ANG to establish a tunnel between the ANG and the tunnel endpoint node for the subscriber equipment.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- authenticating a subscriber based upon one or more messages received from a subscriber equipment, via an Access Network Gateway (ANG);
- sending an access authorization message to the ANG authorizing the subscriber equipment;
- and
- wherein the access authorization message includes an address of a tunnel endpoint node and a tunnel method identifier (ID) to be used by the ANG to establish a tunnel between the ANG and the tunnel endpoint node for the subscriber equipment.
A method of using an Access Network Gateway (ANG) comprising:
- requesting authentication of a subscriber from an Access Network Authorization Engine;
- receiving an access authorization message from the Access Network Authorization Engine (ANAE), wherein the access authorization message comprises an address of a tunnel endpoint node;
- establishing a tunnel between the ANG and the tunnel endpoint node for the use of the subscriber.
A system comprising:
- an Access Network Authorization Engine configured to:
- authenticate a subscriber based upon one or more messages received from a subscriber equipment,
- provide an access authorization message to an Access Network Gateway (ANG), wherein the access authorization message includes an address of a tunnel endpoint node;
- and
- the Access Network Gateway (ANG) configured to:
- establish a tunnel between the ANG and the tunnel endpoint node for the use of the subscriber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.