Method and appartus for managing access to a communitary WiFi network

摘要

The method involves receiving a request from a first domestic gateway (A) by a server (S) to search a second domestic gateway (E) in stand-by state in a database (BD), after reception of a connection request by the first gateway that has already attained a maximum number of connections. A wake-up request with an activation request of community wireless fidelity (WiFi)is sent to the second gateway. Response to the request of the first gateway is sent (9) by indicating it to refuse the connection request, after reception (8) of an acknowledgment from the second gateway. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a server for a community WiFi network (2) a gateway equipped with a WiFi access point for a community WiFi network (3) a computer program comprising program instructions to perform a method for managing access to a community WiFi network (4) an information medium comprising program instructions to perform a method for managing access to a community WiFi network.