Patent ID: 9661537
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method in a network control node for performing access control for a mobile node in a handover from a source cell to a target subscriber group cell, wherein the network control node, the source cell and the target subscriber group cell are comprised in a communication network, the method comprising: obtaining a network based allowed subscriber group list, associated with the mobile node, receiving a target subscriber group identification, checking if the target subscriber group identification is comprised in the obtained network based allowed subscriber group list, if the target subscriber group identification is comprised in the obtained network based allowed subscriber group list, obtaining information from a target network control node associated with the target subscriber group cell, wherein the information is indicative that the received target subscriber group identification corresponds to the target subscriber group cell, and upon obtaining the information indicating that the received target subscriber group identification corresponds to the target subscriber group cell, granting the mobile node access to the target subscriber group cell.