MULTI-CONNECTIVITY CAPABLE NETWORK DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR CENTRALLY CONTROLLING MULTIPLE ACCESS OF A MULTI-CONNECTIVITY CAPABLE CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT TO A DATA NETWORK AND/OR TO SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DATA NETWORK

摘要

The present invention relates inter alia to a multi-connectivity capable network device (80) for centrally controlling multiple access of a multi-connectivity capable customer equipment (20) to a data network (90) and/or to services provided by the data network, wherein the network device (80) is configured to centrally control, in response to control instructions stored in the network device (80) and associated with a first access interface (44) and a second access interface (45) of a multi-connectivity capable customer equipment (20), the access of a multi-connectivity capable customer equipment (20) to a data network (90) and/or to services provided by the data network, whereinthe multi-connectivity capable network device (80) comprises at least one access network interface (82) configured to enable connection to a first access network (50) and to a second access network (60) and a network interface (84) configured to enable connection to a data network (90).