Telecom Italia S.p.a.

Pirelli & C. S. P. A.

Marco Polano

Paolo Gallo

Simonetta Mangiabene

Flavio Marigliano

Enzo Corda

Nicola Portinaro

Pietro Obino

Maria Moscatelli

Ilario Gregori

A method is disclosed for managing an internet connection and informing a user about connectivity to the internet of a user terminal via a gateway, the gateway being connected to the user terminal via a local area network and to an internet service provider via a broadband line. The method includes: remotely provisioning through the first communication link the configuration of the gateway for internet connection; detecting completion of configuration of the gateway for internet connection in accordance with a service subscribed by the user, determining the state of the broadband line; and providing the user with a visual indication of availability of connectivity to the internet when configuration of the gateway for internet connection is completed and the broadband line is active; and managing the activation and deactivation of the connection to the internet by user terminals connected to a gateway via the local area network.

Method and system for managing an internet connection and informing a user about connectivity

A method for estimating, in a broadband communication system including an access network and a plurality of broadband communication lines associated with the access network, a sustainable speed that can be sustained by a selected broadband communication line of the plurality of lines.

Method and system for estimating the maximum speed sustainable by a broadband communication line

A method for enrolling a user terminal in a network includes an access point for the user terminal, the access point performing the following steps: detecting the performance of a first pressure of a registration button on the access point; detecting the reception of a request for enrollment from the user terminal; detecting the performance of a second pressure of the registration button on the access point; and enrolling the user terminal in the network only if a single request for enrollment is received between the detections of the first and second pressures.

Method for enrolling a user terminal in a wireless local area network

A method of operating via a smart card an access gateway between a local area network and a wide area network under the control of a management system includes the steps of providing in the smart card at least a first memory area containing configuration data for access to the wide area network that cannot be modified by the user and a second memory area adapted for storing personalized configuration data of the user, and providing in the access gateway a third memory area and storing the contents of the second memory area of the smart card in the third memory area.

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Turin, Italy

Marco Polano