Patent ID: 7302257

Claim:
A wireless access system, comprising: a gateway for receiving a wireless control signal, a destination of the wireless control signal corresponding to external equipment located beyond the gateway such that the wireless control signal is to be transmitted to the external equipment located beyond the gateway; a wireless base station for transferring the wireless control signal to the gateway; a mobile terminal for transmitting the wireless control signal to the wireless base station; and an access network control station for determining whether or not the mobile terminal is allowed to communicate with the external equipment; wherein the gateway is configured to change the destination of the wireless control signal so as to transfer the wireless control signal to the access network control station in a case where the gateway has determined that the mobile terminal has not been allowed to communicate with the external equipment by the access network control station; wherein the access network control station is configured to instruct the gateway to allow the mobile terminal to communicate with the external equipment in a case where the access network control station has determined that the mobile terminal is allowed to communicate with the external equipment; and wherein the gateway is configured to transfer the wireless control signal to the external equipment in accordance with the destination of the wireless control signal in a case where the gateway has determined that the mobile terminal has been allowed to communicate with the external equipment by the access network control station.