A method carried out by a user equipment for accessing a local area scoped network having non-access-stratum procedures, the method comprising: selecting an available access point of the local area scoped network having non-access-stratum procedures, wherein the available access point advertises a network identity and the selecting is performed based on signal measurements and the network identity advertised by the available access point; transmitting a message to the selected available access point as a request to associate the user equipment to the selected available access point; transmitting a query message to the selected available access point indicating a request for retrieving network information; receiving, in response to the query message, network information from the selected available access point, wherein the network information is queried from the local area scoped network without authentication and before actually connecting to the local area scoped network; selecting a service provider of the local area scoped network based on the received network information and binding the network identity of the local area scoped network to the selected service provider for accessing; conveying a Non-Access Stratum service request to the local area scoped network via the selected available access point to cause authentication of the user equipment for connecting to the local area scoped network, characterized in that the received network information comprises network metrics, wherein the network metrics comprise at least one of a Physical Resource Block peak to average ratio, indicated by the ratio of the short term peak number of Physical Resource Blocks occupied divided by the long term average Physical Resource Block usage; and an average Packet Data Convergence Protocol Service Data Unit delay between the selected available access point and a population of served user equipments; and the conveying the Non-Access Stratum request comprises, first deciding, based on the network metrics whether or not to try to access the local area scoped network, and, then, performing said conveying subject to the result of the deciding. selecting an available access point of the local area scoped network having non-access-stratum procedures, wherein the available access point advertises a network identity and the selecting is performed based on signal measurements and the network identity advertised by the available access point; transmitting a message to the selected available access point as a request to associate the user equipment to the selected available access point; transmitting a query message to the selected available access point indicating a request for retrieving network information; receiving, in response to the query message, network information from the selected available access point, wherein the network information is queried from the local area scoped network without authentication and before actually connecting to the local area scoped network; selecting a service provider of the local area scoped network based on the received network information and binding the network identity of the local area scoped network to the selected service provider for accessing; conveying a Non-Access Stratum service request to the local area scoped network via the selected available access point to cause authentication of the user equipment for connecting to the local area scoped network, the received network information comprises network metrics, wherein the network metrics comprise at least one of a Physical Resource Block peak to average ratio, indicated by the ratio of the short term peak number of Physical Resource Blocks occupied divided by the long term average Physical Resource Block usage; and an average Packet Data Convergence Protocol Service Data Unit delay between the selected available access point and a population of served user equipments; and a Physical Resource Block peak to average ratio, indicated by the ratio of the short term peak number of Physical Resource Blocks occupied divided by the long term average Physical Resource Block usage; and an average Packet Data Convergence Protocol Service Data Unit delay between the selected available access point and a population of served user equipments; and the conveying the Non-Access Stratum request comprises, first deciding, based on the network metrics whether or not to try to access the local area scoped network, and, then, performing said conveying subject to the result of the deciding.