CPC H04W 80/04 (2013.01) [H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 80/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for providing Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation in a wireless network, comprising:
sending, by a mesh base station in the wireless network, an IP request to neighbor base stations;
saving, by a gateway node (GW) in the wireless network, the request from the mesh base station;
proxying, by the GW, the mesh request to a HetNet Gateway (HNG) by providing a transient IPSec tunnel;
replying, by the HNG, to the GW with a response;
forwarding, by the GW, the response to the mesh base station, the response including a dummy IP address; and
starting, by the mesh base station, a Self Optimizing Network (SON) tunnel with the GW using the dummy IP address.
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