Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for connecting a terminal (13) over an access network (12), herein called remote access network, to a core part (10) of a radio communication network, said radio communication network comprising said core network (10) and a dedicated radio access network (11) different from said remote access network (12). According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of: interfacing over a gateway (141, 142) said remote access network (12) to an entity (103, 104) of said core network (10), said entity (103, 104) being an element of said core network (10) at the interface between said core network (10) and another communication network; performing at said gateway (141, 142) a protocol stack translation for mapping protocols used in said remote access network (12) to protocols used in said entity (103, 104) of said core network (10); controlling the connection over said remote access network (12) by said core network (10).