Patent ID: 9668199
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless communication system comprising: a plurality of access points located within an enterprise, for communicating with a plurality of wireless communication devices within the enterprise; a local gateway for providing access to a local network within the enterprise; an access point gateway, located in the enterprise, coupled to the local gateway and communicably coupled to each of the plurality of access points, and for coupling to a core network of the wireless communication system, the access point gateway being arranged to receive control messages sent between the core network and the plurality of access points via the access point gateway, and to selectively route, based on a received control message, at least one of user data or traffic data through the access point gateway via a first communication path between the access points and the core network and a second communication path within the enterprise between an access point and the local network via the local gateway.