Facilitation of access point authenticated tunneling for 5g or other next generation network

Abstract

When an access point device is aware of an internet access failure, the access point device can attempt to re-route the baseband content through a different access point for the purpose of using its hard-wired internet connection. An administrative function can allow the access point device to tunnel through the internet service provider (ISP) of another access point device if permission is granted to do so. The permission can be granted beforehand or it can be granted to on the fly. Consequently, if the packets cannot route via the normal, hard-wired path, a message to a secondary transceiver of the access point device can instruct the access point device to find an alternate path via the ISP of the other access point device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, by a first network access point device comprising a processor, an indication of a failed internet connection; and   in response to receiving the indication of the failed internet connection, establishing, by the first network access point device, an internet connection via a second network access point device, wherein the internet connection comprises an encrypted tunnel through the second network access point device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the internet connection comprises a wireless connection between the first network access point device and the second network access point device. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising requesting, by the first network access point device in advance of receiving the indication of the failed internet connection, a utilization of the second network access point device to establish the internet connection. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising, in response to requesting the utilization of the second network access point device, receiving, by the first network access point device, access data to enable establishing the internet connection via the second network access point device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising, in response to receiving the access data, labeling, by the first network access point device, the second network access point device as a trusted network access point device. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the internet connection is restricted to use of excess bandwidth determined not to be utilized via the second network access point device. 
     
     
         7 . A first access point device, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:   sending access data to a second access point device; and   subsequent to sending the access data, enabling internet connectivity for the second access point device, wherein:
 the first access point device received the access data from the second access point device in response to interrupted internet connectivity experienced by the second access point device, 
 the first access point device uses the access data to enable the internet connectivity, and 
 the internet connectivity comprises an encrypted tunnel through the first access point device. 
   
     
     
         8 . The first access point device of  claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving, in advance of sending the access data, a request from the second access point device to utilize the first access point device as a host for the internet connectivity, and wherein the access data is sent to the second access point device in response to the request. 
     
     
         9 . The first access point device of  claim 7 , wherein the internet connectivity comprises a remaining bandwidth that remains after the first access point device utilizes a bandwidth allocated for the first access point device. 
     
     
         10 . The first access point device of  claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise updating an access point device data structure maintained by the first access point device, comprising including access point device identification data representative of the second access point device. 
     
     
         11 . The first access point device of  claim 7 , wherein the encrypted tunnel through the first access point device prevents the first access point device from decoding encrypted internet data transmitted via the encrypted tunnel. 
     
     
         12 . The first access point device of  claim 7 , wherein enabling the internet connectivity for the second access point device comprises identifying an internet service provider associated with the first access point device, and communicating with network equipment associated with the internet service provider. 
     
     
         13 . The first access point device of  claim 12 , wherein the internet service provider is a first internet service provider, and wherein the first internet service provider is different than a second internet service provider associated with the second access point device. 
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 in response to receiving a first indication of a first service failure experienced by a second access point device, facilitating internet connectivity for the second access point device via a first access point device; and   in response to receiving a second indication of a second service failure experienced by the first access point device, facilitating the internet connectivity for the second access point device via a third access point device.   
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving, in advance of the first indication of the first service failure, request data representative of a request to utilize the first access point device as a host access point device for the internet connectivity. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to receiving the request data, sending permission data representative of a permission to utilize the first access point device as the host access point device for the internet connectivity. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to sending the permission data, associating the host access point device with the second access point device. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the permission data is first permission data, wherein the permission is a first permission, and wherein the operations further comprise sending second permission data representative of a second permission to utilize the third access point device as the host access point device for the internet connectivity. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein facilitating the internet connectivity for the second access point device via the first access point device comprises sending instruction data representative of an instruction to identify an alternate internet connection. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the alternate internet connection comprises a hard-wired connection.