Patent ID: 6795701
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A Wireless Access Internet Network architecture for providing users a plurality of wireless protocols to access a communications network, the architecture comprising:a wireless client wherein the wireless client provides an authentication message and includes: a first radio link adaptation layer and a radio interface, wherein the first radio adaptation layer adapts the authentication message to a plurality of wireless protocols; a wireless server in communication with the wireless client wherein the wireless server includes: a charging module; a Home Location Register (HLR) signaling module; a Domain Naming System (DNS)/Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) module; a second radio link adaptation layer and a radio access point in communication with the radio interface; a data network in communication with the wireless server, wherein the authentication message is transmitted through the first radio link adaptation layer and the radio interface, then through the radio access point and the second radio link adaptation layer; and wherein the wireless server communicates the authentication message to the data network.