A wireless communication access node, comprising: a transceiver for receiving and transmitting radio signals; a memory including a non-modifiable portion having a digital certificate stored within the non-modifiable portion; a controller operably coupled to the transceiver and memory which executes instruction code stored in the memory which configures the access node to: transmit, from the access node to an authorization server, an authenticable request for authorized transmission parameters, wherein the request identifies the access node and includes a location of the access node and is signed with the digital certificate, wherein the digital certificate is issued by a certificate authority associated with the authorization server; receive from the authorization server at the access node the authorized transmission parameters, wherein the authorized transmission parameters are based at least in part on the location of the access node, and wherein the access node then operates in accordance with the transmission parameters; receive an association request via the transceiver from a subscriber unit (104, 106) at the access node; and transmit an association approval to the subscriber unit (104, 106), including the authorized transmission parameters, wherein the subscriber unit (104, 106) commences communication activity with the access node according to the authorized transmission parameters. a transceiver for receiving and transmitting radio signals; a memory including a non-modifiable portion having a digital certificate stored within the non-modifiable portion; a controller operably coupled to the transceiver and memory which executes instruction code stored in the memory which configures the access node to: transmit, from the access node to an authorization server, an authenticable request for authorized transmission parameters, wherein the request identifies the access node and includes a location of the access node and is signed with the digital certificate, wherein the digital certificate is issued by a certificate authority associated with the authorization server; receive from the authorization server at the access node the authorized transmission parameters, wherein the authorized transmission parameters are based at least in part on the location of the access node, and wherein the access node then operates in accordance with the transmission parameters; receive an association request via the transceiver from a subscriber unit (104, 106) at the access node; and transmit an association approval to the subscriber unit (104, 106), including the authorized transmission parameters, wherein the subscriber unit (104, 106) commences communication activity with the access node according to the authorized transmission parameters. transmit, from the access node to an authorization server, an authenticable request for authorized transmission parameters, wherein the request identifies the access node and includes a location of the access node and is signed with the digital certificate, wherein the digital certificate is issued by a certificate authority associated with the authorization server; receive from the authorization server at the access node the authorized transmission parameters, wherein the authorized transmission parameters are based at least in part on the location of the access node, and wherein the access node then operates in accordance with the transmission parameters; receive an association request via the transceiver from a subscriber unit (104, 106) at the access node; and transmit an association approval to the subscriber unit (104, 106), including the authorized transmission parameters, wherein the subscriber unit (104, 106) commences communication activity with the access node according to the authorized transmission parameters.