APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR NATIVE BRIDGED COMMUNICATIONS IN CELLULAR ACCESS NETWORK

摘要

According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a hybrid access gateway (HAG) apparatus for native bridged communication in a communication network, comprising: an upstream interface configured for receiving downlink Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) layer 2 traffic in said communication network; at least one downstream cellular coupling interface configured to be communicatively coupled to a user equipment (UE) represented by an OSI layer 2 address via a cellular access network (e.g. a Radio Access Network or RAN) of said communication network; an inspection module configured for inspecting an OSI layer 2 header of said received traffic; and a direction module configured for, based on said inspected OSI layer 2 header, directing said received traffic to said user equipment via said at least one downstream cellular coupling interface.