Local area cellular basestation

摘要

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.

主权项

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.