Patent ID: 9345065
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of communication for enabling remote access of an access terminal to an access point, comprising: establishing a first protocol tunnel between the access point on a local network and a security gateway; establishing a plurality of child security associations based on the first protocol tunnel, wherein a first one of the child security associations is for carrying traffic between the access point and an operator core network and a second one of the child security associations is for carrying traffic between the access point and the access terminal; obtaining a local network address from the access point for the access terminal to enable the access terminal to remotely access the local network via the first protocol tunnel, wherein the local network address is obtained by the access point from a router serving the local network; establishing a second protocol tunnel between the access terminal and the security gateway after the first protocol tunnel is established; determining that a packet is received via a first one of the first protocol tunnel and the second protocol tunnel; and forwarding the received packet over a second one of the first protocol tunnel and the second protocol tunnel based on the determination.