Patent ID: 8345604
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method that effectuates establishment of a IPSec tunnel for utilization in a wireless communication environment, comprising: utilizing IPSec establishment procedures on a home base station to establish the IPSec tunnel between the home base station and a packet data interworking function component, the IPSec establishment procedures based at least in part on a user, across all users, or based on a quality of service (QoS); employing at least one of a high rate packet data (HRDP) point-to-point protocol (PPP) challenge-handshake authentication protocol (CHAP) or non-access stratum (NAS) based support directed through the IPSec tunnel to authenticate an access terminal associated with the home base station; utilizing an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) associated with the access terminal to identify or select a packet data serving node with which to establish communications between the home base station and the packet data serving node; and employing A11 signaling to establish an A10 connection with the packet data serving node.