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Apparatus and method for controlling access to a telecommunications network

  • US 10,448,252 B2
  • Filed: 02/23/2017
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a telecommunications network including a radio access network comprising a plurality of base stations configured to wirelessly transmit data that is receivable by one or more mobile terminals, wherein at least one of the base stations comprises an Access Point (AP), a method of managing mobile terminal handover or reselection to the AP, the method including:

  • transmitting information from the AP usable by a mobile terminal included among the one or more mobile terminals to determine if the mobile terminal is allowed to access the AP, wherein the information includes a separate access indicator field, and wherein the separate access indicator field is usable to distinguish the AP from other types of base stations which include an eNode B;

    generating a tracking area (TA) mapping that maps associations between the AP and a last known TA of the mobile terminal, the TA mapping being configured to permit the mobile terminal to move between the AP and the last known TA without requiring a TA update to occur when the mobile terminal moves between the AP and the last known TA; and

    providing the TA mapping to the mobile terminal.

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