A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS CONNECTING A MOBILE DEVICE TO A SERVICE PROVIDER THROUGH A HOSTING WIRELESS ACCESS NODE

摘要

Method and system for commissioning a wireless connection with a related authentication and the eventual encryption to a remote relay node, whereto an electronic mobile device (1) is connected to a hosting wireless access node (2) for transmitting/ receiving data to/from a service provider ( 5 ) available on the Internet by means o f a commissioned relay access node (4) selected by an authentication and commissioning manager (3). A wireless connection module (11) of the mobile device establishes a connection with a wireless communication module (21) of the hosting wireless access node. The authentication of this connection is managed by an authentication module (24) of the hosting wireless access node that asks to a client authentication module (12) of the mobile device its authentication credentials provided by an authentication credentials module (13). With the mobile device authentication credentials, the authentication module of the hosting wireless access node asks to an authentication server (31) of the authentication and commissioning manager the commissioned relay access node (4) to be used. At this point a tunneling/ optimization module (22) of the hosting wireless access node creates a tunnel with a tunneling/ optimization module (41) of the commissioned relay access node and sends through it the mobile device authentication state. The authentication state is then used by an authentication module (43) of the commissioned relay access node to handshake with the mobile device client authentication module the authentication data used to establish a trusted connection between the commissioned relay access node and the mobile device. The data transfer between the mobile device and the service provider is encapsulated into the tunnel between the hosting wireless access node and the commissioned relay access node and is finally forwarded by the commissioned relay access node to the service provider. The service provider thereby is exchanging data with the commissioned relay access node and not directly with the hosting wireless access node.