Methods and apparatuses to provide secure communication between an untrusted wireless access network and a trusted controlled network

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions therein, which when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request for an IP address for a client device having a first identifier information from the AP device, wherein the request for the IP address is associated with a first communication protocol;
• comparing the first identifier information to a second identifier information, wherein the second identifier information is associated with a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol;
• and
• determining the IP address for the client device based on comparing.

A network element, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions, which when executed from the memory, cause the processor to receive a request for an IP address for a client device having a first identifier information from the AP device, wherein the request for the IP address is associated with a first communication protocol;
• to compare the first identifier information to a second identifier information, wherein the second identifier information is associated with a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol;
• and to determine the IP address for the client device based on comparing.