Patent ID: 7761913

Claim:
A method for providing network access to a Mobile Terminal (MT) in a packet switched telecommunications network, the method comprising steps of: receiving at an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server from a Gateway server an access-request message for requesting network access for the MT, the access-request including an Access Point Name (APN), selected from a list of selectable APNs included in a generic APN marked for selecting a routing APN and a MT identity parameter for identifying the MT: determining at the AAA server, based on the selected APN and the received MT identity, whether the MT is allowed on the selected APN: if the MT is allowed on the selected APN: sending from the AAA server to the Gateway server an access-accept message for indicating that the MT is allowed on the APN combination; if the MT is disallowed on the selected APN: sending from the AAA server to the Gateway server an access-accept message for indicating that the MT is disallowed on the APN; and selecting at the Gateway server a subsequent APN from the list of selectable APNs included in the generic APN.