Method of configuring a station for accessing a service and an associated controller, access network, access station, and computer program

A controller of access stations to a service provided by a communications network, said access stations being wireless access stations to a service of said network connected to said controller constituting a gateway to said communications network, said controller comprising:

• means for, on reception of a request for configuration of said parameter including an indication of the location of said wireless access station, assigning a geographical area to said wireless access station on the basis of said location indication;
• means for dynamically assigning a pseudovalue to the parameter satisfying a constraint associated with the location of the wireless access station;
• means for, on reception of a request to access a service from said wireless access station, converting the pseudovalue into a value of the parameter selected from a list of possible values defined by the communications network for said geographical area.

An access station to a service provided by a communications network, wherein the access station is wireless and comprises:

• means for sending a request to configure a parameter including at least a location indication to a controller constituting a gateway to the communications network;
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• means for receiving a pseudovalue of the parameter satisfying a constraint associated with the location of the wireless access station, wherein the service is accessible via a plurality of wireless access stations connected to said communications network.

An access network to a service provided by a communications network, comprising:

• a plurality of wireless access stations connected to said communications network, at least one of the wireless access stations including:
• means for sending a request to configure a parameter including at least a location indication to a controller constituting a gateway to the communications network, and
• means for receiving a pseudovalue of the parameter, said controller being adapted to assign a geographical area to said wireless access station on the basis of said location indication, to assign the pseudovalue to the parameter satisfying a constraint associated with the location of said wireless access terminal, and, on receiving a request from said access station for access to a service, converting the pseudovalue into a parameter value selected from a list of possible values defined by the communications network for said geographical area.