Method and apparatus for provisioning of information in a cellular communication network

Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory tangible media for execution and when executed operable to:

• receive access controller configuration information from a network management unit via an access point operating as a femto-cell wireless access point device, wherein the access controller configuration information comprises a provisioning signature for at least a portion of the access controller configuration information to create signed information such that the access controller can ultimately use the configuration information for access controller configuration;
• configure the access controller with the received access controller configuration information comprising the signed information to provision the access controller to exchange communications with the access point;
• and
• determine whether the access controller configuration information has been modified by the access point based on the received signed information.

A method comprising:

• receiving at an access controller that controls access to a cellular communication network, access controller configuration information from a network management unit via an access point operating as a femto-cell wireless access point device, wherein the access controller configuration information comprises a provisioning signature for at least a portion of the access controller configuration information to create signed information such that the access controller can ultimately use the configuration information for access controller configuration;
• configuring the access controller with the received access controller configuration information comprising the signed information to provision the access controller to exchange communications with the access point;
• and
• determining whether the access controller configuration information has been modified based on the received signed information.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage element having computer-readable code stored thereon for programming signal processing logic to perform a method for facilitating communication from a wireless subscriber communication unit to a cellular communication network via an access point operably coupled to an access controller, wherein the code is operable for at an access controller to:

• receive access controller configuration information from a network management system via the access point operating as a femto-cell wireless access point device, wherein the access controller configuration information comprises a provisioning signature for at least a portion of the access controller configuration information to create signed information such that the access controller can ultimately use the configuration information for configuration of the access controller;
• configure the access controller with the received access controller configuration information comprising the signed information to provision the access controller to exchange communications with the access point;
• and
• determining whether the access controller configuration information has been modified by the access point based on the received signed information.