Patent ID: 8880026
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing network services to a mobile user equipment, the mobile user equipment being connected to a Femtocell base station, the Femtocell base station connected to a mobile core network via a backhaul tunnel and connected to a fixed access network, the fixed access network providing an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the Femtocell base station, the method comprising: providing, by the mobile core network, an access token to the Femtocell base station, the access token generated by the fixed access network and provided to the Femtocell base station by the mobile core network via the backhaul tunnel therebetween, the access token enabling the mobile user equipment to obtain access to the fixed access network; requesting, by the Femtocell base station, the fixed access network to perform network resource configuration for the mobile user equipment using the access token; and establishing, by the mobile user equipment, a network service connection to the fixed access network based on the network resource configuration such that the mobile user equipment is visible to the fixed access network.