Patent ID: 9210174
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling access to a mobile telecommunications network, the method comprising: determining identification information of a mobile terminal by a smartcard inserted therein, the identification information including a device identifier, the mobile terminal being one of a plurality of mobile terminals into which the smartcard has been inserted; comparing, by the smartcard, the determined identification information with an internal pattern stored on the smartcard, the internal pattern comprising a list of device identifiers corresponding to the plurality of mobile terminals, the internal pattern including an indication of an access class for each of the listed device identifiers; permitting or denying the mobile terminal access, by the smartcard, to the mobile telecommunications network in accordance with the results of the comparison, wherein the mobile terminal is authenticated to access the network, and wherein failure to authenticate the mobile terminal results in a change of the access class in the internal pattern for the device identifier corresponding to the mobile terminal.