Patent ID: 9125053
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication system comprising: a home network; an ISP (Internet Service Provider) network that is connected to between an external network and said home network, and that is a window for accessing said external network by a mobile terminal; and a base station that is installed within said home network, and that has a capability of generating a data path between said home network and said ISP network, said data path being used by said mobile terminal to access said external network, upon reception of a request from said mobile terminal for access to said external network, wherein: an authenticator and a connection controller are provided within said ISP network; said base station, upon accepting a request from said mobile terminal for access to other terminal within said home network, transmits information relating to said base station and said mobile terminal to said connection controller; said connection controller transmits said information to said authenticator; said authenticator, upon reception of said information that was transmitted from said base station, determines based on the information whether or not a Home NW-linking service, that said mobile terminal uses to access said other terminal within said home network via said base station without traversing said ISP network, can be provided to said mobile terminal, and when provision of said Home NW-linking service is possible, reports this capability to said connection controller; said connection controller, based on said report from said authenticator, requests said base station to generate a data path for providing said Home NW-linking service; and said base station, in accordance with said request from said connection controller, generates a data path for providing said Home NW-linked service.