Access control method and device

An access control method, comprising:

• determining, by a network side, a correspondence relationship between an access control group set comprising access control object information of a User Equipment (UE), and an access control parameter;
• and
• transmitting, by the network side, information about the correspondence relationship to the UE;
• wherein the method further comprises:
• transmitting, by the network side, a correspondence relationship between an access control object of the UE, and an access control group index to the UE;
• wherein the correspondence relationship between an access control object of the UE, and an access control group index is obtained from an Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) entity, and transmitted to the UE by the base station of the network side;
• and
• wherein at least one access control object corresponds to a group of access control group indexes.

An access control device, comprising:

• a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to read and execute programs in the memory to:
• determine an access control group set comprising access control object information of a User Equipment (UE);
• determine an access control parameter corresponding to the access control group set;
• and
• enforce access control according to the access control parameter;
• wherein the access control group set comprises the access control object information which is an access control group index representing an access control object;
• and
• the processor is an Access Stratum (AS) of the UE;
• and the processor determines the access control group index in one or a combination of following approaches:
• the AS determines the access control group index of the current access control object according to a predefined access control group index corresponding to an access control object;
• or
• the AS obtains a correspondence relationship between an access control object and an access control group index from a network side, and determines the access control group index of the current access control object according to the correspondence relationship;
• or
• a higher layer of the UE determines the access control group index of the current access control object according to a predefined access control group index corresponding to an access control object, and transmits the access control group index of the current access control object to the AS of the UE;
• or
• a higher layer of the UE obtains a correspondence relationship between an access control object and an access control group index from a network side, determines the access control group index of the current access control object according to the correspondence relationship, and transmits the access control group index of the current access control object to the AS of the UE;
• the predefined access control group index corresponding to the access control object is specified in a protocol, or configured in a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) of a UE side.

An access control device, comprising:

• a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to read and execute programs in the memory to:
• determine a correspondence relationship between an access control group set comprising access control object information of a User Equipment (UE), and an access control parameter;
• and
• transmit information about the correspondence relationship to the UE through the transceiver;
• wherein the processor is further configured to:
• transmit a correspondence relationship between an access control object of the UE, and an access control group index to the UE;
• wherein the correspondence relationship between an access control object of the UE, and an access control group index is obtained from an Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) entity, and transmitted to the UE by the processor;
• and
• wherein at least one access control object corresponds to a group of access control group indexes.