Patent ID: 9585017
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. In a telecommunications system including a radio access network comprising a plurality of base stations, each defining a cell, for wirelessly transmitting data that is receivable by one or more mobile terminals, wherein the plurality of base stations comprise one or more access point base stations and at least one of the base stations comprises a handover base station for controlling handover of the one or more mobile terminals, a method of controlling access to a telecommunications network via one or more access point base stations, the method comprising: defining one or more tracking areas in the coverage area of the telecommunications network covering one or more base station cells; determining whether any of the one or more access point base stations are accessible by the one or more mobile terminals based on having the right to access the one or more access point base stations from the one or more tracking areas; creating an association between only the one or more accessible access points and the one or more tracking areas in response to determining that the one or more mobile terminals have a right to access the one or more access point base stations; and using the association to perform at least one of the following: