Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for setting up a connection between a seller device (10) and a buyer device (30) for enabling the buyer device (30) to send and receive data via the seller (10).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for setting up a connection between a seller device (10) and a buyer device (30) for enabling the buyer device (30) to send and receive data via the seller (10).

Abstract: A method for use in a front-end network communications device, arranged to operate as an access point, for establishing a data connection between a mobile communications terminal and one or more data communications networks comprises receiving, from the mobile communications terminal, a service provider request comprising a MAC address of the mobile communications terminal; sending, to a master server, request information pertaining to the service provider request; receiving, from the master server, a policy message comprising a visibility policy, said visibility policy containing rules for controlling the visibility of at least one of the one or more data communications networks; determining a subset of communications networks that should be visible to the mobile communications terminal based on said rules; and enforcing said visibility policy by allowing said mobile communications terminal to connect only to said subset of data communications networks.

Abstract: A communication network comprises a front-end network communication device arranged to operate as a front-end access point for establishing at least one data connection, such as an IEEE 802.11 data connection, between at least one mobile communications terminal and at least one back-end network communication device, protected end-to-end with an encryption key unknown to said at least one front-end network communication device. The front-end network communication device includes a memory, a controller and a data port and the back-end network communication device includes a memory, a controller and a data port.

Abstract: A method for use in a front-end network communications device, arranged to operate as an access point, for establishing a data connection between a mobile communications terminal and one or more data communications networks comprises receiving, from the mobile communications terminal, a service provider request comprising a MAC address of the mobile communications terminal; sending, to a master server, request information pertaining to the service provider request; receiving, from the master server, a policy message comprising a visibility policy, said visibility policy containing rules for controlling the visibility of at least one of the one or more data communications networks; determining a subset of communications networks that should be visible to the mobile communications terminal based on said rules; and enforcing said visibility policy by allowing said mobile communications terminal to connect only to said subset of data communications networks.

Abstract: There is provided a method for predicting performance in a data network, wherein the method includes, in at least one embodiment, associating one of at least one geographical positions with a set of client communications link measurements related to a client device at a time instant, and predicting a first performance factor pertaining to an access point communications link between a new access point at the geographical position and one of a number of existing access points. In at least one embodiment, the prediction is based on a subset of the set of client communications link measurements, and the subset is associated with one of the number of existing access points.