Patent ID: 8533454
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for efficient transport of packets between a mobile station and a secure gateway over a wireless local area network for accessing home services, comprising: establishing a first encryption security association for transporting first-type packets from the secure gateway to the mobile station, and establishing a second encryption security association for transporting first-type packets from the mobile station to the secure gateway; establishing a first null-encryption security association for transporting second-type packets from the secure gateway to the mobile station, and establishing a second null-encryption security association for transporting second-type packets from the mobile station to the secure gateway; and selecting second-type packets for transport using the second null-encryption security association based on a traffic selector, wherein the traffic selector is developed by the mobile station or the secure gateway after establishing the first and second encryption security associations and the traffic selector enables the home services between the mobile station and the secure gateway in a mobile phone home network.