Patent ID: 8204543
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A base station for a cellular wireless communications network, comprising: a first interface, enabling connection with a plurality of remote communications devices using a cellular wireless communications protocol in the cellular wireless communications network; a second interface, enabling connection over a wide area network; and a third interface, enabling connection over a local area network to one or more local end devices, and further comprising: software for enabling communication over the wide area network between the remote communications devices, connected to the first interface, and a core network of the cellular wireless communications network; and software for enabling communication over the local area network between the remote communications devices, connected to the first interface, and the one or more local end devices connected to the base station over the local area network, without passing traffic through the core network of the cellular wireless communications network; a management node, which is able to define the or each device, connected to the local area network, with which the remote communications device connected to the first interface is able to communicate without passing traffic through the core network of the cellular wireless communications network, wherein the management node is able to specify channels of said cellular wireless communications network allocated to the base station.