Patent ID: 9185556
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request, from a user device, for connectivity to a wireless service provider network formed by a common network comprising a plurality of customer premise nodes, each customer premise node comprising a private wireless network, wherein an amount of bandwidth segregated from the private network is maintained by each of the customer premise nodes and wherein the amount of bandwidth segregated from among the plurality of customer premise nodes is aggregated to a total amount of segregated bandwidth made available for use by the user device that is subscribed to the service provider network; authenticating, in response to the request, the user device for access to the wireless service provider network based on permission settings established for the plurality of customer premise nodes in association with the wireless service provider network, each of the customer premise nodes managing the subscription permissions at each of the respective customer premise nodes, wherein each of the customer premise nodes is associated with a first identifier and a second identifier, the first identifier being associated with one of the private wireless network and the second identifier being used for access to the wireless service provider network; and wherein the user device is prohibited from access to the private wireless network while being allowed to access the wireless service provider network.