Patent ID: 7349412
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: distributing a wireless access point that is preconfigured with security settings to establish a VPN tunnel, over a packet network, with a VPN terminator on a remote network; operating a call control device on the remote network, the call control device providing voice-over-packet (VoP) telephony service for nodes that have IP addresses routable on the remote network; operating a server on the remote network to assign an IP address, via the VPN tunnel, to a wireless terminal that associates with the wireless access point; and operating the call control device to provide VoP telephony service to the wireless terminal, via the VPN tunnel, wherein operating the call control system to provide VoP telephony service to the wireless terminal comprises (i) paying a service provider for supplying a voice transport network, (ii) interfacing the call control device with the voice transport network, and (iii) interfacing the call control device with the wireless terminal on the remote network, whereby voice communications flow between the wireless terminal and the voice transport network via the call control device.