Local network access control via small wireless cells in wireless networks

摘要

In a method for controlling access to a local network via a small wireless cell in a wireless network, local network access control information is received at the small wireless cell, and the small wireless cell controls access to the local network by the user based on the local network access control information. The access control information is indicative of whether a user is permitted to access the local network through the small wireless cell, and is independent of wireless network access control information indicative of whether the user is permitted to access the wireless network.

主权项

1. A method for controlling access to a local network through a small wireless cell in a wireless network, the method comprising:
receiving, at the small wireless cell, an access control list for the small wireless cell, the access control list including a set of access control information for a user, the set of access control information including (i) local network access control information indicative of whether the user is permitted to access the local network through the small wireless cell, and (ii) wireless network access control information indicative of whether the user is permitted to access the wireless network, the local network access control information being different from the wireless network access control information, the local network access control information including a local network access permission field for the user, and the wireless network access control information comprising one of a closed subscriber group (CSG) identifier and an identifier for the user; first determining, by the small wireless cell, whether to permit the user to access the wireless network through the small wireless cell based on the wireless network access control information; and second determining, by the small wireless cell if the first determining determines that the user is permitted to access the wireless network through the small wireless cell, whether to permit the user to access the local network through the small wireless cell based on the local network access permission field for the user, wherein
the access control list is one of a closed subscriber group (CSG) list and an access control list (ACL),the local network access control information is one of local Internet Protocol access (LIPA) control information and remote Internet Protocol access (RIPA) control information, andthe local network access permission field is one of a LIPA permission field of the LIPA control information and a RIPA permission field of the RIPA control information.