Local area cellular basestation
First Claim
1. A basestation having Access Stratum functionality comprising Medium Access Control functionality, 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,wherein the basestation is adapted to terminate ciphering of signals received over the radio interface in order to be able access data packets being transferred over the radio interface,wherein the basestation has an Internet Protocol interface for communication over a public Internet with a node in a Radio Access Network of the cellular communications network, andwherein the basestation is adapted to encrypt data transmitted over the Internet Protocol interface to the cellular communications network.
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Abstract
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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8 Claims
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1. A basestation having Access Stratum functionality comprising Medium Access Control functionality, 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,
wherein the basestation is adapted to terminate ciphering of signals received over the radio interface in order to be able access data packets being transferred over the radio interface, wherein the basestation has an Internet Protocol interface for communication over a public Internet with a node in a Radio Access Network of the cellular communications network, and wherein the basestation is adapted to encrypt data transmitted over the Internet Protocol interface to the cellular communications network.
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7. A basestation having Access Stratum functionality comprising Medium Access Control functionality, 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 broadband Internet connection 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 transmitted over the Internet Protocol interface to the cellular communications network.
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