Patent ID: 7418253
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing security protection for a Mobile Station (MS) in a packet switched cellular telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of: a) responsive to an access of the network by the MS, receiving at a security system control module an identifier of the MS; b) based on the identifier of the MS, determining a security profile associated with the MS; c) determining whether or not the security profile associated with the MS is a group security profile; d) when the security profile associated with the MS is a group security profile, determining when the access of the network by the MS is the first access of the network by an MS of the same security group; and e) when the access of the network by the MS is the first access of the network by an MS of the same security group during a given period of time, sending security settings of the security profile to one or more network nodes of the packet switched cellular telecommunications network for enforcing security for the MS.