Automatic population of an access control list to manage femto cell coverage
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a system comprising at least one processor, data related to subscriber call activity associated with a femtocell;
determining, by the system, a set of respective identifiers for a set of mobile devices authorized to connect to the femtocell, based on analyzing the data, wherein the determining includes inferring the set of respective identifiers based at least in part on detecting a pattern within the subscriber call activity;
identifying, by the system, an out-of-network phone number based on the pattern;
requesting, by the system, a device associated with the out-of-network phone number to elect to be added within a white list of the femtocell via a text message; and
adding, by the system, a subset of the set of respective identifiers to the white list of the femtocell.
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Abstract
System(s) and method(s) provide access management to femto cell service through access control list(s) (e.g., white list(s)). White list(s) includes a set of subscriber station(s) identifier numbers, codes, or tokens, and also can include additional fields for femto cell access management based on desired complexity. White list(s) can have associated white list profile(s) therewith to establish logic of femto coverage access based on the white list(s). Various example aspects such as white list(s) management, maintenance and dissemination; automatic population or pre-configuration; and inclusion of wireless device(s) or subscriber(s) are also provided. A component can implement automatic population of white list fields based at least in part on a set of received identifiers. In addition, autonomously determined identifiers can be employed to populate a white list. Identifier(s) available for automatic population are validated prior to inclusion in a white list, to ensure the identifier(s) are allowed for inclusion therein.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a system comprising at least one processor, data related to subscriber call activity associated with a femtocell; determining, by the system, a set of respective identifiers for a set of mobile devices authorized to connect to the femtocell, based on analyzing the data, wherein the determining includes inferring the set of respective identifiers based at least in part on detecting a pattern within the subscriber call activity; identifying, by the system, an out-of-network phone number based on the pattern; requesting, by the system, a device associated with the out-of-network phone number to elect to be added within a white list of the femtocell via a text message; and adding, by the system, a subset of the set of respective identifiers to the white list of the femtocell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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at least one memory; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one memory that facilitates execution of at least one computer-executable component to at least; collect data related to call activity of a user equipment associated with a subscriber of a femtocell; determine a set of respective identifiers for a set of mobile devices based on an analysis of the data including infer the set of respective identifiers based at least in part on detection of a pattern within the call activity, wherein the set of respective identifiers includes an out-of-network phone number that is identified based on the pattern; request a device associated with the out-of-network phone number to elect to be added within a white list of the femtocell via a text message; and populate the white list of the femtocell with a subset of the set of respective identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving data related to call activity of a communication device related to a subscriber of a femtocell; determining an identifier related to a mobile device authorized to connect to the femtocell based on the data, wherein the determining includes inferring an out-of-network phone number associated with the mobile device based at least in part on detecting a pattern within the call activity; requesting the mobile device to elect to be added within a white list of the femtocell via a text message; and including the identifier within the white list of the femtocell in response to the mobile device electing to be added within the white list.
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