Patent ID: 7895642

Claim:
A system for supporting multiple security tiers in a network, the system comprising: an access terminal that includes a plurality of virtual machines, wherein each of at least a portion of said plurality of virtual machines is associated with one of one or more security profiles; one or more access networks configured to validate said plurality of virtual machines and to assign one or more security procedures to at least a portion of said plurality of virtual machines based on the one or more security profiles associated with at least a portion of said plurality of virtual machines; a core network configured to provide one or more services to at least a portion of said plurality of virtual machines, wherein said core network is further configured to select said one or more services based on the one or more security profiles associated with at least a portion of said plurality of virtual machines; and one or more base stations configured to encrypt at least a portion of network communications transmitted between at least a portion of said plurality of virtual machines and at least a portion of said one or more access networks.