Patent ID: 9565550
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for controlling the access of a User Equipment (UE) to a public land mobile network (PLMN), wherein the PLMN provides at least a service, the PLMN comprising at least one network cell, wherein a broadcast control channel is broadcast within a network cell, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a general barring factor information to the UE on the broadcast control channel within the network cell, wherein the general barring factor information comprises a general access barring factor for multiple UEs in the network cell; transmitting an individual barring scaling information to the UE on a dedicated control channel for the UE independently of the general barring factor information, wherein the individual barring scaling information is individually assigned to the UE on a per-UE basis and wherein the individual barring scaling information is defined by the PLMN for selectively controlling access of each UE to the PLMN; and realizing, based on a combination of the general barring factor information and the individual barring scaling information, an access control to the service with regard to the UE by deciding whether a specific access request of the UE to the service is accepted or rejected.