Femtocell access control list addition confirmation
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a femtocell operatively coupled to an operations support system and operatively coupleable to a mobile terminal;
a femtocell access control list operatively coupled to the operations support system and the femtocell; and
an SMS control center operatively coupled to the operations support system and to the femtocell;
wherein an addition of the mobile terminal to the femtocell access control list is initiated;
wherein a message is sent to the mobile terminal that informs the mobile terminal that the mobile terminal is being added to the femtocell;
wherein a response is communicated from the mobile terminal to the operations support system; and
wherein the mobile terminal is added to the access control list upon receipt of the response.
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Abstract
An apparatus in one example has: a femtocell operatively coupled to an operations support system and operatively coupleable to a mobile terminal; a femtocell access control list operatively coupled to the operations support system and the femtocell; and an SMS control center operatively coupled to the operations support system and to the femtocell; wherein an addition of the mobile terminal to the femtocell access control list is initiated; wherein a message is sent to the mobile terminal that informs the mobile terminal that the mobile terminal is being added to the femtocell; wherein a response is communicated from the mobile terminal to the operations support system; and wherein the mobile terminal is added to the access control list upon receipt of the response. Thus, the present method and apparatus control addition of mobile terminals to access control lists for femtocells.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a femtocell operatively coupled to an operations support system and operatively coupleable to a mobile terminal; a femtocell access control list operatively coupled to the operations support system and the femtocell; and an SMS control center operatively coupled to the operations support system and to the femtocell; wherein an addition of the mobile terminal to the femtocell access control list is initiated;
wherein a message is sent to the mobile terminal that informs the mobile terminal that the mobile terminal is being added to the femtocell;
wherein a response is communicated from the mobile terminal to the operations support system; and
wherein the mobile terminal is added to the access control list upon receipt of the response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one mobile terminal operatively coupleable to a femtocell; the femtocell operatively coupled to a femto network gateway via at least a femto base station router and a first network; the femto network gateway operatively coupled to a web server via a second network; the web server operatively coupled to a femtocell owner terminal via a third network; and an access control list in a storage operatively coupled to the femtocell owner terminal. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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initiating an addition of a mobile terminal to a femtocell access control list for a femtocell; sending a message to the mobile terminal that informs the mobile terminal that the mobile terminal is being added to the femtocell access control list; sending a response from the mobile terminal to acknowledge addition of the mobile terminal to the access control list; and adding the mobile terminal to the access control list upon receipt of the response. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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