Patent ID: 9231953
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A network management system for managing communications in a cellular communication network comprising: an access point configured to facilitate communication from a wireless subscriber communication unit to the cellular communication network; a network management unit configured to generate signed information for at least a portion of the access controller configuration information, the signed information indicating whether the access controller configuration information is valid; an access controller, separate from and in communication with the access point, configured to control access to the cellular communication network, wherein the access controller receives the access controller configuration information, with the at least portion of the access controller configuration information being the signed information, from the network management unit via the access point, wherein the access controller comprises an access controller configuration processor arranged to configure the access controller with the access controller configuration information received from the network management unit via the access point; and wherein the access controller configuration processor is further configured to determine whether the access controller configuration information received from the network management unit via the access point has been modified by the access point based on the signed information within the at least portion of the access controller configuration information received via the access point.