Patent ID: 8226340

Claim:
A method for a Femto Access Point (FAP) to prohibit a User Equipment (UE) to connect to said Femto Access Point (FAP) in a Femto network, said method comprising: sending an authorization request message to said UE by said FAP to forcibly fail an authorization procedure, on said UE failing to get authorized to connect to said FAP; sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection request to said FAP by said UE, wherein said FAP comprises a Location Area Code (LAC) which is recognized by said UE as a LAC to which said UE is allowed to connect; sending a connection setup message to said UE by said FAP in response to said RRC connection request; completing a connection setup by said UE upon reception of said connection setup message from said FAP; initiating an initial direct transfer message by said UE to said FAP upon completion of said connection setup; sending an identity request message to said UE by said FAP in response to said initial direct transfer message; sending an identity response message to said FAP by said UE in response to said identity request message, wherein said identity response message comprises an unambiguous, unique UE identification and parameters related to said UE; verifying identity sent by said UE, wherein said FAP maintains a list of authorized UE; verifying authorization of said UE by said FAP checking for a presence of said UE in the authorized UE list; and failing access control for said UE upon said FAP identifying that said UE is not authorized to access said FAP.