Patent ID: 7990935
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of access control for a movable network managed by a mobile router, wherein said mobile router is interconnected through a bi-directional radio link with a mobility anchoring agent that anchors the network mobility for the mobile router, said method comprising the steps of: receiving at the mobile router, access control filter information originating from an access control source, wherein the access control filter information is received at least in part over the bi-directional radio link via the mobility anchoring agent; configuring a first access control module at the mobile router with the access control filter information; filtering uplink packets by the first access control module according to the access control filter information to eliminate unauthorized uplink packets; and transmitting the filtered uplink packets from the mobile router to the mobility anchoring agent over the bi-directional radio link.