| 摘要 |
One embodiment of a Wireless Access Point system for use in a hybrid wireless/cable network, the system capable of authenticating a communication device (mobile and non-mobile) via DOCSIS and/or DOCSIS-compatible protocol and providing the IP service to the mobile device in accordance with a result of the authentication, including QoS downstream and upstream as defined by DOCSIS. In addition, the Wireless Access Point system may comprise one or more virtual cable modems capable of receiving a wireless MAC address of at least one communication device and converting the wireless MAC address into a DOCSIS MAC address associated with the communication device. The virtual cable modem may be also capable of sending the converted MAC address via DOCSIS and/or DOCSIS-compatible protocol and facilitating an access to at least one IP service associated with said MAC address. In one embodiment, a method of facilitating an access of a communication device an IP service provided in a hybrid wireless/cable network, the method comprising authenticating a communication device via DOCSIS and/or DOCSIS-compatible protocol and providing the IP service in accordance with a result of authentication.
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