FACILITATING RESIDENTIAL WIRELESS ROAMING VIA VPN CONNECTIVITY OVER PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKS

Example embodiments include a method for receiving, at a user device from a home access point, a first digital certificate for a residential wireless roaming mode, wherein the residential wireless roaming mode provides the user device remote access to a wireless local area network corresponding to the home access point, and wherein the first digital certificate is issued by a certificate authorityof a service provider associated with the home access point; transmitting at least one probe request message to at least one public access point, wherein the probe request message includes at least the first digital certificate; receiving from the at least one public access point a probe response message including information for remotely accessing the wireless local area network via a virtual private network connection established between the public access point and the home access point. 示例实施例包括一种方法，该方法用于在用户设备处从家庭接入点接收用于住宅无线漫游模式的第一数字证书，其中住宅无线漫游模式向用户设备提供对与家庭接入点相对应的无线局域网络的远程接入，并且其中第一数字证书由与家庭接入点相关联的服务提供方的证书机构发出；向至少一个公