AFFILIATION OF MOBILE STATIONS AND PROTECTED ACCESS POINTS

摘要

A solution for accessing a network is provided. Particularly, an embodiment of the invention provides a method (500) for operating a wireless network access point providing an access to a network over a wireless connection, the access point being protected for limiting the access to the network to entitled users, wherein the method comprises the steps of receiving (526) a request to access the network from a mobile station, verifying (527) an entitlement of the mobile station to access the network through the access point, verifying (528-536) an affiliation of the mobile station to an affiliation group of the access point when the mobile station is not entitled, the affiliation group comprising a plurality of access points and a plurality of mobile stations, granting (538-540) the access to the network when the mobile station is affiliated, and denying (542) the access to the network when the mobile station is not affiliated.