APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO INTERNET RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing access to internet resources in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method comprises storing (108) in a memory located in said communications network at least one file from an internet resource if monitoring (102) user equipment in a predefined area shows that a number of requests from said user equipment in said area to access said internet resource exceeds (106) a first threshold. The method further comprises providing (110) access to said internet resource using said at least one file stored in said memory.
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1-26. -26. (canceled)
- 27. A method of providing access to internet resources in a wireless communications network comprising storing in a memory located in said communications network at least one file from an internet resource if monitoring user equipment in a predefined area shows that a number of requests from said user equipment in said predefined area to access said internet resource exceeds a first threshold, and providing access to said internet resource using said at least one file stored in said memory.
- 30. The method according to claim 30, comprising replacing the at least one file with a newer version of said file taken from said internet resource.
- 35. An apparatus for a wireless communications network comprising a number of interfaces to network nodes of said wireless communications network and adapted to receive from said network nodes information about a number of user equipment in a predefined area and information about internet resources requested to access by user equipment and further comprising a control unit, wherein if a number of requests to access a specific internet resource from said user equipment in said predefined area exceeds a first threshold said control unit is adapted to request storing in a memory located in said communications network at least one file from said specific internet resource requested by said user equipment.
- 44. A wireless communications network comprising a first node for location registration of user equipment, a second node operating as a gateway between said communications network and Internet as well as an apparatus comprising a number of interfaces to said first and second network nodes adapted to receive via a first interface information about a number of user equipment in a predefined area and via a second interface information about internet resources requested to access by user equipment and further comprising a control unit, wherein if a number of requests to access a specific internet resource from user equipment in said predefined area exceeds a first threshold said control unit is adapted to request storing in a memory located in said communications network at least one file from said specific internet resource requested by said user equipment.
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