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US 2017/0013441 A1Published application
Unified service architecture
AssigneeBce Inc.
InventorsJessie MANIK, Roswell A. Ruby, Erone Quek
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Abstract
A hybrid residential gateway may provide network access using either a wireless access interface or a wired access interface. Network access over either interface may be authenticated using a single SIM card within the residential gateway.
Claims17
A system providing access to a packet data network (PDN) comprising:
- a residential gateway device providing access to the PDN comprising:
- a subscriber identity module (SIM) interface for receiving a SIM card comprising a unique identifier associated with a subscriber;
- a wireline access interface for connecting to the PDN through a wireline access infrastructure;
- a wireless access interface for connecting to the PDN wirelessly through a wireless access infrastructure;
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- a local area network (LAN) interface providing PDN access to computing devices;
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- an evolved packet core (EPC) network for authorizing the subscriber's access to the PDN over both the wireline access interface and the wireless access interface.
5 more elements
A residential gateway device providing access to a packet delivery network (PDN) comprising:
- a subscriber identity module (SIM) interface for receiving a SIM card comprising a unique identifier associated with a subscriber;
- a wireline access interface for connecting to the PDN through a wireline access infrastructure;
- a wireless access interface for connecting to the PDN wirelessly through a wireless access infrastructure;
- a local area network (LAN) interface providing PDN access to computing devices,
- wherein the wireless access interface and the wireline access interface connect to an evolved packet core (EPC) network capable authorizing the subscriber's access to the PDN over both the wireline access interface and the wireless access interface.
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A method of accessing a packet data network (PDN) comprising:
- provisioning access information to wireless and wireline authentication services located in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network;
- receiving a subscriber identifier from a residential gateway and authenticating and activating subscriber access to the PDN using a wireless interface;
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- providing PDN access to the residential gateway over a wired interface of the residential gateway.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.