Patent ID: 7489918

Claim:
An access node comprising: a first interface for sending and receiving communication of a first type to and from a first node operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN); a second interface for sending and receiving communication of a second type to and from a second node in a wireless network; a short messaging service (SMS) module for sending and receiving SMS messages to the second node; a third interface for receiving a subscriber module including software and/or hardware needed for registering with the wireless network and for sending and receiving communication to and from an authentication server, wherein a one-time password module connected to the third interface for communicating with the authentication server provides a one-time password to one or both of the first and second interfaces to enable said first node to operate in said WLAN; and a fourth interface for sending a first SMS message to a mobile station operating in a mobile network, the first SMS message including an identifier for an access node serving the WLAN.