Patent ID: 6061346
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In a method for communicating data between a private data communication network and a remote communication station, the private data communication network coupled to network infrastructure of a radio communication system of which the remote communication station forms a portion, an improvement of a secured-access method of accessing the private data communication network by the remote communication station, said method comprising the steps of:storing a remote communication station identity which identifies the remote communication station at the network infrastructure;generating a request by the remote communication station to access the network infrastructure to permit communication of data therethrough;detecting at the network infrastructure the request generated during said step of generating;authenticating the remote communication station to confirm authorization of the remote communication station to communicate by way of the network infrastructure;the remote communication station identity stored together with authentication data associated with the remote communication station;forwarding a network-access request to the private data communication network if the remote communication station is authenticated during said step of authenticating, the remote communication station identified by the remote communication station identity stored during said step of storing;determining, responsive to the network-access request forwarded during said step of forwarding, whether the remote communication station is permitted to access the private data communication network; andpermitting the remote communication station to access the private data communication network if the remote communication station is determined, during said step of determining, to be permitted to access the private data communication network.