Patent ID: 9655028
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. Method of operating a base station of a radio access network, the method comprising: receiving at the base station, from a network element of the radio access network, an access right indication used by the base station to define limited access rights of a user equipment to radio resources of said radio access network via said base station, where the access right indication comprises a user equipment identifier to identify the user equipment within the radio access network; checking, by the base station, the limited access rights of the user equipment against a user equipment subscription list based on the access right indication, wherein resources are provided to the user equipment based on the user equipment subscription list; receiving at the base station from said network element of the radio access network, based upon an event at said network element, an access related modification request message comprising a new access right indication regarding said user equipment; and the base station changing the limited access rights of said user equipment to access said radio access network via said base station depending on said new access right indication.