Terminal routing identity as user identity for UICC-less terminals
First Claim
1. A terminal for use with a wireless local area network, said terminal configured to use at least part of a MAC medium access control address as an identity.
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Abstract
A terminal for use with a wireless local area network, said terminal being arranged to use at least part of at least one of the following pieces information as an identity: a MAC Medium Access Control address of an AP access point to which said terminal is connected to, in use; a MAC address of said terminal; a signal line identifier of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to in use either directly or via a WLAN access point AP; and a switch or router port number of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to, in use, either directly or via a WLAN access point AP.
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32 Claims
- 1. A terminal for use with a wireless local area network, said terminal configured to use at least part of a MAC medium access control address as an identity.
- 7. A terminal for use with a wireless local area network, said terminal configured to use at least part of information identifying a fixed line to which said terminal is coupled in use.
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13. A terminal for use with a wireless local area network (WLAN), said terminal configured to use at least part of at least one of the following pieces information as an identity:
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a MAC Medium Access Control address of an AP access point to which said terminal is connected to during use;
a MAC address of said terminal;
a line identifier of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via a WLAN access point AP;
a switch or router port number of said fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via said WLAN access point AP; and
location information expressed in geographical coordinates, civil address, geographical shape, or other geographical information which is related to the current location of the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a terminal for use with a wireless local area network, said terminal configured to use at least part of a MAC medium access control address as an identity; and
a network to which said terminal is attachable. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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a terminal for use with a wireless local area network (WLAN), said terminal configured to use at least part of at least one of the following pieces information as an identity;
a MAC Medium Access Control address of an AP access point to which said terminal is connected to during use, a MAC address of said terminal, a line identifier of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via a WLAN access point AP, a switch or router port number of said fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via said WLAN access point AP, and location information expressed in geographical coordinates, civil address, geographical shape, or other geographical information which is related to the current location of the terminal; and
a network to which said terminal is attachable.
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21. An emergency centre configured to establish a session with a terminal using an identity associated with said terminal, said identity comprising at least one of the following
a MAC Medium Access Control address of an AP access point to which said terminal is connected to during use, a MAC address of said terminal, a signal line identifier of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via a WLAN access point AP, a switch or router port number of said fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use, either directly or via said WLAN access point AP, and location information expressed in geographical coordinates, civil address, geographical shape, or other geographical information which is related to the current location of the terminal.
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22. An emergency centre configured to request information from a terminal with which an emergency session is established, using an identity associated with said terminal, said identity comprising at least one of the following
a MAC Medium Access Control address of an AP access point to which said terminal is connected to during use, a MAC address of said terminal, a signal line identifier of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via a WLAN access point AP, a switch or router port number of said fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use, either directly or via said WLAN access point AP, and location information expressed in geographical coordinates, civil address, geographical shape as specified by 3GPP, or other geographical information which is related to the current location of the terminal.
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24. A network configured to receive identity information associated with a terminal and to forward said information to an entity with which a session is to be established, said identity information comprising at least one of the following
a MAC Medium Access Control address of an AP access point to which said terminal is connected to during use, a MAC address of said terminal, a signal line identifier of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via a WLAN access point AP, a switch or router port number of said fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use, either directly or via said WLAN access point AP, and location information expressed in geographical coordinates, civil address, geographical shape, or other geographical information which is related to the current location of the terminal.
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29. A network element configured to receive identity information associated with a terminal and to forward said identity information to a network with which a session is to be established, said identity information comprising at least one of the following
a MAC Medium Access Control address of an AP access point to which said terminal is connected to during use, a MAC address of said terminal, a signal line identifier of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via a WLAN access point AP, a switch or router port number of said fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use, either directly or via said WLAN access point AP, and location information expressed in geographical coordinates, civil address, geographical shape, or other geographical information which is related to the current location of the terminal.
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32. A method of establishing an emergency session comprising the steps of:
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defining identity information associated with a terminal, said identity information comprising at least one of the following a MAC Medium Access Control address of an AP access point to which said terminal is connected to during use, a MAC address of said terminal, a signal line identifier of a fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use either directly or via a WLAN access point AP, a switch or router port number of said fixed line that said terminal is connected to during use, either directly or via said WLAN access point AP, and location information expressed in geographical coordinates, civil address, geographical shape, or other geographical information which is related to the current location of the terminal; and
forwarding said information to an entity with which the emergency session is to be established.
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Specification