Systems and methods for enforcing vendor-based restrictions on wireless service
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsJasinder P. Singh, Sachin R. Vargantwar, Maulik K. Shah, Deveshkumar N. Rai
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for enforcing vendor-based restrictions on wireless service. One embodiment takes the form of a method that is carried out by at least one radio access network (RAN) entity and that includes receiving an access request from a mobile station via a base station, and responsively making a vendor identification to identify a vendor of the base station. The method further includes denying the access request based at least in part on the vendor identification.
Claims24
A method carried out by at least one radio access network (RAN) entity, the at least one RAN entity comprising at least one communication interface, at least one processor, and data storage containing program instructions executable by the at least one processor for carrying out the method, which comprises:
- receiving an access request from a given mobile station via a given base station;
- in response to receiving the access request,
- (i) determining an identity of a vendor of the given base station;
- (ii) based on the identity of the vendor, determining at least one location associated with the vendor of the given base station;
- and
- (iii) denying the access request based at least in part on the determined at least one location associated with the vendor of the given base station.
A radio access network (RAN) comprising:
- at least one communication interface;
- at least one processor;
- and
- data storage containing program instructions executable by the at least one processor for carrying out a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:
- receiving an access request from a given mobile station via a given base station;
- in response to receiving the access request,
- (i) determining an identity of a vendor of the given base station;
- (ii) based on the identity of the vendor, determining at least one location associated with the vendor of the given base station;
- and
- (iii) denying the access request based at least in part on the determined at least one location associated with the vendor of the given base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.