Patent ID: 8077688

Claim:
A method of user access control to a wireless telecommunications network, comprising: an access authentication process including authenticating a wireless local area network (WLAN) user terminal upon receiving an access request for accessing a WLAN operational network from the WLAN user terminal; and an access authorization process comprising: verifying whether the WLAN user terminal is allowed to access the WLAN operational network, wherein whether the WLAN user terminal is allowed to access the WLAN operational network is verified according to authorization conditions; and determining access rules to be applied to the WLAN user terminal at least based on the authorization conditions, wherein the access rules are configured to restrict the access of the WLAN user terminal to access the WLAN operational network, and wherein the access authorization process occurs after the access authentication process succeeds, and if the access request complies with the access rules, the method further comprises: performing a service authorization, wherein the service authorization determines whether the WLAN user terminal is allowed to access a service.