Systems and methods for managing temporary users of a wireless communication network
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsTomas Nylander, Mats Buchmayer, Jari Vikberg
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Abstract
In some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods for providing temporary access to a wireless communication network to user equipment (UE). More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods of handling a UE's access to a wireless communication network upon expiry of permission to access the network.
Claims25
A method for managing temporary access of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, said method comprising:
- detecting the expiration of a right of the UE to access a set of nodes;
- and
- in response to detecting said expiration, allowing any current session that the UE has with a node included in the set of nodes to continue after said expiration, but transmitting to the UE an update message that includes an identifier associated with the set of nodes and that instructs the UE to remove the identifier from a list containing identifiers of sets of nodes to which the UE currently has a right to access.
A network node comprising:
- an interface configured to enable the network node to communicate with a user equipment (UE);
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the interface and configured to:
- detect the expiration of a right of the UE to access a set of nodes;
- and
- in response to detection of said expiration, allow any current session that the UE has with a node included in the set of nodes to continue after said expiration, but transmit to the UE an update message that includes an identifier associated with the set of nodes and that instructs the UE to remove the identifier from a list containing identifiers of sets of nodes to which the UE currently has a right to access.
A method of offering to a user equipment (UE) that maintains a whitelist temporary access to a wireless network, said method comprising:
- adding to an access control database an identifier relating to a set of nodes that the UE has permission to access and information relating to a duration of that permission;
- adding the identifier to the UE's whitelist;
- determining that the UE's permission to access the set of nodes has expired;
- and
- after determining that the UE's permission to access the set of nodes has expired, determining whether the UE is operating in an idle mode or an active mode, and taking a first action if the UE is operating in an active mode and a second action if the UE is operating in an idle mode, wherein both the first action and the second action comprise allowing any current session that the UE has with a node included in the set of nodes to continue after said expiration, but instructing the UE to remove the identifier from the whitelist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.