DYNAMIC WIRELESS INTERNET ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT SCHEME WITH AUTHORIZATION

摘要

A method of assigning a unique IP address to a user of a mobile communication device in an OBS network allows for the dynamic assignment of IP addresses to users entering the OBS network. The OBS network includes a plurality of interconnected OBSs where each of the OBSs includes a user database including an OBS identifier, user identifier, assigned IP address, MAC hardware address, and beam identifier for each user in the network. The OBS network also includes a master ticketing authority that maintains a database of unique IP address that may be assigned to users entering the network, a gateway, a master routing database, and at least one mobile communication device in contact with an OBS. Users in the network are also authenticated through the transmittal of encrypted random numbers between a user authentication site and a mobile communication device.