Patent ID: 7693107

Claim:
A method for providing access for a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal at a moved location to an Internet network via wireless local area networks, comprising: registering in a first Internet switching unit the mobile communication terminal via a first access point unit of a first wireless local network and via a first local network switching unit connected to the first access point unit; transmitting a first Internet address from the first Internet switching unit to the mobile communication terminal; providing a first access for the mobile communication terminal to the Internet network, using the first Internet address, whereas the first access is via the first access point unit, via the first local network switching unit, and via the first Internet switching unit; and registering in the first local network switching unit a device-specific address of the mobile communication terminal; while the mobile communication terminal still accesses the Internet network via the first access point, transmitting the registered device-specific address and a network identification for the first wireless local network from the first local network switching unit to a plurality of bordering further local network switching units; receiving a request from each of the plurality of bordering further local network switching units to the first local network switching unit to establish a connection with the first local network switching unit; and while the mobile communication terminal still accesses the Internet network via the first access point, and in response to the request from each of the plurality of bordering further local network switching units, configuring the plurality of bordering further local network switching units for providing a plurality of further accesses for the mobile communication terminal to the Internet network using the first Internet address via a plurality of further access point units and corresponding further bordering local network switching units, via the first local network switching unit and via the first Internet switching unit, wherein a respective further access point of the plurality of further access points provides the mobile communication terminal a further access to the Internet network when the mobile communication terminal moves to a location corresponding to the respective further access point.