ACCESS CONTROL ACCORDING TO A POLICY DEFINED FOR A GROUP OF ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES COMPRISING A CELLULAR MODEM

摘要

Access to a telecommunications network can be controlled according to a policy defined for a plurality of user equipment devices associated with the same user. When two user equipment devices are allowed to operate in parallel under the same subscription, the policy may define a distance between the user equipment devices. When the actual distance between the user equipment devices conforms with the distance defined in the policy, one or more network nodes serving one of the user equipment devices can be assigned to replace a network node serving the other user equipment device to prevent abuse of the end user's subscription or to optimize performance, so as to consolidate service.