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Access control according to a policy defined for a group of associated electronic devices comprising a cellular modem

  • US 9,084,175 B2
  • Filed: 01/03/2014
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, in a wireless telecommunication network, the method comprising:

  • determining that a first user equipment device and a second user equipment device have connected to the network, the first user equipment device and the second user equipment device being first and second user equipment devices of a plurality of user equipment devices associated with a common user;

    in response thereto, controlling network access of the first user equipment device according to a policy defined for the plurality of user equipment devices, the controlling network access comprising controlling the network access of the first user equipment device according to the distance between the first user equipment device and the second user equipment device of the plurality of user equipment devices;

    determining one or more network nodes serving the second user equipment device;

    assigning the one or more network nodes serving the second user equipment device to the first user equipment device so as to replace another network node serving the first user equipment device with the one or more network nodes serving the second user equipment device.

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