Abstract: A method, by an authentication unit of a wireless access network, allows anchoring of a data packet session of a user entity connected to the wireless access network to a packet core network of a mobile communications network. The user entity uses an access identifier for its identification in the wireless access network. The access identifier is not used in the mobile communications network to identify a subscriber. A request message is received in which access to the wireless access network is requested. The request message contains an MAC address of the requesting user entity. The MAC address is converted into a sequence of digits used as a mobile subscriber identifier with which the user entity is identified in the mobile communications network and a response message is transmitted accepting the access to the packet core network. The response message includes the sequence of digits used as mobile subscriber identifier.

Abstract: A method, by an authentication unit of a wireless access network, allows anchoring of a data packet session of a user entity connected to the wireless access network to a packet core network of a mobile communications network. The user entity uses an access identifier for its identification in the wireless access network. The access identifier is not used in the mobile communications network to identify a subscriber. A request message is received in which access to the wireless access network is requested. The request message contains an MAC address of the requesting user entity. The MAC address is converted into a sequence of digits used as a mobile subscriber identifier with which the user entity is identified in the mobile communications network and a response message is transmitted accepting the access to the packet core network. The response message includes the sequence of digits used as mobile subscriber identifier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a network node (6) for connecting a user device (2) to a wireless local area network, WLAN (4), when there has been a rejection during a first attempt to connect the user device (2) to the WLAN (2). The method intercepts the rejection in the network node (6) and sends a first authentication success message from the network node (6) to the user device (2). The user device (2) is redirected to an authentication web portal (10), where the user device (2) is prompted for authentication data. The network node (6) then receives a second authentication success message from the authentication web portal (10) and grants the user device (2) access to the WLAN (4), the extent of access being authentication defined by the service subscription of the user device (2).

Abstract: A method of filtering packets coming from a communication network (1) comprising, after successful registration of a terminal (20) with a service platform (32): a step of associating a registration context with the terminal, the context comprising registration information transmitted between the terminal and the service platform during registration; a step of creating at least one filtering rule on the basis of the registration context, said rule aiming to block packets that do not conform to at least a portion of the registration information; and a step of filtering the packets as a function of the rule created.

Abstract: A method of filtering packets coming from a communication network (1) comprising, after successful registration of a terminal (20) with a service platform (32): a step of associating a registration context with the terminal, the context comprising registration information transmitted between the terminal and the service platform during registration; a step of creating at least one filtering rule on the basis of the registration context, said rule aiming to block packets that do not conform to at least a portion of the registration information; and a step of filtering the packets as a function of the rule created.