Patent ID: 8799648
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a controller of a wireless communication network, the method comprising the steps of: connecting to one or more first access points of a first wireless network, each access point including a hardware processor and routing messages to and from a set of mobile devices; connecting to a second wireless network including a second set of access points, each of the second set of access points including a hardware processor; selecting, for at least one of the set of mobile devices, one of the second set of access points for exchanging messages with, and routing messages on behalf of, the at least one of the set of mobile devices; issuing, from a certification authority of the controller, certificates of key ownership with respect to authentication of the one or more first access points in order to communicate with the second set of access points; and determining whether to allow messages between the one or more first access points and the second set of access points in response to the certificates.