Firewall Configuration In A Base Station
First Claim
1. The method of configuring a firewall in a first base station in a wireless wide area network, said first base station having a first logical address and said firewall having filtering rules for the base station, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining new neighbour base station data related to the updating of a neighbour list of said first base station in a firewall updating device in a support system of the wireless wide area network; and
providing, by the firewall updating device, the first base station with firewall configuration data in a secure way based on the new neighbour base station data, said firewall configuration data including a second authentic logical address of a second base station provided in the neighbourhood of the first base station, said second authentic logical address not being provided in the neighbour list of the first base station before said updating and said providing of firewall configuration data being performed in order to allow communication to be performed with the second base station.
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Abstract
The invention is directed towards methods of configuring a firewall in a first base station (12) in a wireless wide area network (CN, RAN) as well as to a firewall configuring device (20) and a first base station (12). The first base station (12) obtains new neighbour base station data related to updating of a neighbour list of this first base station (12), which data includes data identifying a second base station (14) provided in the neighbourhood of the first base station. Based on the data the firewall configuring device (20) provides the first base station (12) with firewall configuration data including a second authentic logical address of the second base station (14), which authentic address is not provided in the neighbour list before the updating. The first base station (12) uses the firewall configuring data for updating its firewall in order to allow communication with the second base station (14).
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22 Claims
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1. The method of configuring a firewall in a first base station in a wireless wide area network, said first base station having a first logical address and said firewall having filtering rules for the base station, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining new neighbour base station data related to the updating of a neighbour list of said first base station in a firewall updating device in a support system of the wireless wide area network; and providing, by the firewall updating device, the first base station with firewall configuration data in a secure way based on the new neighbour base station data, said firewall configuration data including a second authentic logical address of a second base station provided in the neighbourhood of the first base station, said second authentic logical address not being provided in the neighbour list of the first base station before said updating and said providing of firewall configuration data being performed in order to allow communication to be performed with the second base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A firewall configuring device in a support system of a wireless wide area network for configuring a firewall in a first base station in the wireless wide area network, said first base station having a first logical address and said firewall having filtering rules for the base station, said device comprising:
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a control unit configured to obtain new neighbour base station data related to the updating of a neighbour list of said first base station, and provide the first base station with firewall configuration data in a secure way based on the new neighbour base station data, said firewall configuration data including a second logical address of a second base station provided in the neighbourhood of the first base station, said second authentic logical address not being provided in the neighbour list of the first base station before said updating and said providing of firewall configuration data being performed in order to allow communication to be performed with the second base station.
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17. A method of configuring a firewall in a first base station in a wireless wide area network, said first base station having a first logical address and said firewall having filtering rules for the base station, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining, in the first base station, new neighbour base station data related to the updating of a neighbour list of said first base station and including data identifying a second base station provided in the neighbourhood of the first base station, providing a firewall configuring device in a support system of the wireless wide area network with said neighbour base station data in a secure way, receiving firewall configuration data including a second authentic logical address of the second base station from the firewall configuring device in a secure way and being obtained based on the new neighbour base station data, said second authentic logical address not being provided in the neighbour list of the first base station before said updating, in order to allow communication to be performed with the second base station, and updating a firewall of the first base station with said firewall configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A first base station in a wireless wide area network having a first logical address and comprising
a firewall allowing network access for the base station according to safety rules, a firewall updating unit for updating said firewall, a first network interface for communicating with a firewall configuring device in a support system of the wireless wide area network, a second wireless interface for communicating with mobile stations in the wireless wide area network, and a control unit configured to obtain new neighbour base station data related to the updating of a neighbour list of said first base station and including data identifying a second base station provided in the neighbourhood of the first base station, provide said firewall configuring device with said neighbour base station data in a secure way, receive firewall configuration data including a second authentic logical address of the second base station from the firewall configuring device in a secure way and being obtained based on the new neighbour base station data, said second authentic logical address not being provided in the neighbour list of the first base station before said updating, in order to allow communication to be performed with the second base station, and provide said firewall configuration data to said firewall configuring unit in order to update the firewall.
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