LOCAL AREA CELLULAR BASESTATION
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1. A cellular communications network, comprising a Radio Access Network and a Core Network, and comprising a plurality of basestations, wherein each of the basestations has an encrypted Internet Protocol interface over a public broadband Internet connection to a node in the Radio Access Network.
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This invention relates to a cellular basestation, and in particular to a basestation for a cellular communications network, that can conveniently be used to provide a cellular service, for example within a home or office.
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- 1. A cellular communications network, comprising a Radio Access Network and a Core Network, and comprising a plurality of basestations, wherein each of the basestations has an encrypted Internet Protocol interface over a public broadband Internet connection to a node in the Radio Access Network.
- 3. A basestation, for use in a cellular communications network, having a radio interface, for communication with user equipment devices located in a cell associated with the basestation, and having an encrypted Internet Protocol interface, for communication over a public broadband Internet connection with a node in the Radio Access Network of the cellular communications network.
- 5. A basestation, for use in a cellular communications network, having a radio interface for communication with wireless communications devices by means of a wide area cellular wireless communications protocol, and being adapted to access data packets being transferred over the radio interface.
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13. A basestation, for use in a wide area cellular communications network, comprising a Radio Access Network and a Core Network,
wherein the basestation has a radio interface, for communication with user equipment devices located in a cell associated with the basestation, wherein the basestation has an Internet Protocol interface, for communication over a public Internet with a node in the Radio Access Network of the cellular communications network, wherein the basestation is adapted to terminate ciphering of signals received over the radio interface in order to be able to access data packets transferred across said radio interface, and wherein the basestation is adapted to encrypt data for transmission to the cellular communications network.
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