System, arrangements and methods relating to access handling

The core network access node according to claim 17, wherein the core network access edge node is adapted to send a policy request including the access allocation priority parameter to a policy node, and to handle a response with a policy including the service priority related parameters from the policy node.

A method in a core network access node being a core network access packet data node or a core network access edge node in a communication network that supports communication of packet data, the method comprising:

• holding or receiving access priority related information comprising a subscriber related access priority allocation parameter relating to a subscriber requesting a network resource comprising a bearer or a communication path, that the step of holding or receiving further comprises holding or fetching information about current network load;
• and,
• a preliminary access handling step comprising a preliminary access decision step for making a preliminary decision whether a network resource request is to be handled or rejected based on said access priority related information and said current network load, that the preliminary access handling step further comprises a service allocation priority handling step for holding or receiving service priority related information comprising one or more parameters generated based on service importance or service importance and user or subscriber category, and a final decision step for making a final decision relating to a grant or reject of a request for a network resource given preliminary access.