Patent ID: 8959610
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a communication service from a communication network to at least one subscriber device connected to the communication network via a gateway device, the method comprising: authenticating the gateway device using the communication network; after authentication of the gateway device by the communication network, authenticating, by the gateway device, the at least one subscriber device on behalf of the communication network independently of authentication functionality of the communication network; providing, by the gateway device, a mobility certificate to the at least one subscriber device when the mobile subscriber device is connected to the communication network via the gateway device, the mobility certificate identifying the gateway device; when the mobile subscriber device is no longer connected to the communication network via the gateway device, receiving, by the communication network from the mobile subscriber device, a service request and a mobility certificate from one of the at least one subscriber device; determining, via the communication network, whether to provide a service to the one of the at least one subscriber device based on the received service request and the received mobility certificate; and upon determining that the service is to be provided to the one of the at least one subscriber device, providing the communication service from the communication network via the gateway device identified by the mobility certificate to the one of the at least one subscriber device.