System and method for limiting access to an IP-based wireless telecommunications network based on access point IP address and/or MAC address

At least one non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable medium that, when executed by at least one data processing device, causes an IP-based wireless telecommunications device to perform a method comprising:

• monitoring communication connections associated with each communication from the mobile subscriber (MS) that is managed in the IP-based wireless telecommunications network,
• wherein the IP-based wireless telecommunications network has an IP-core;
• identifying an entry point that is associated with the communication connection of each MS in the IP-based wireless telecommunications network,
• wherein the entry point is identified by at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address and an Internet Protocol (IP) address;
• determining a communication quality for active communications that are associated with the entry point;
• determining a number of idle communications that are identified with the entry point;
• and
• handing off, by the IP-based wireless telecommunications network, at least one monitored active communication associated with the entry point when the determined communication quality for active communications is unacceptable;
• and
• handing off, by the IP-based wireless telecommunications network, at least one monitored idle communication associated with the entry point when the determined number of idle communications reaches a threshold limit, whereby the communication quality for each communication that is managed in the IP-based wireless telecommunications network is improved.

A IP-based wireless telecommunications device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage device having instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the IP-based wireless telecommunications device to:
• monitor communication connections associated with each communication from the mobile subscriber (MS) that is managed in the IP-based wireless telecommunications network,
• wherein the IP-based wireless telecommunications network has an IP-core;
• identify an entry point that is associated with the communication connection of each MS in the IP-based wireless telecommunications network,
• wherein the entry point is identified by at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address and an Internet Protocol (IP) address;
• determine a communication quality for active communications that are associated with the entry point;
• determine a number of idle communications that are identified with the entry point;
• and
• hand off, by the IP-based wireless telecommunications network, at least one monitored active communication associated with the entry point when the determined communication quality for active communications is unacceptable;
• and
• hand off, by the IP-based wireless telecommunications network, at least one monitored idle communication associated with the entry point when the determined number of idle communications reaches a threshold limit, whereby the communication quality for each communication that is managed in the IP-based wireless telecommunications network is improved.