Patent ID: 8711767

Claim:
A method of facilitating remote access to a mobile network, comprising: obtaining data identifying a user terminal (UT); employing the data to determine access capabilities of the UT that are indicative of one or more of (i) a first set of access point types to which the UT is configured to communicate, and (ii) a second set of access point types to which the UT is not configured to communicate; generating a custom system determination list (SDL) for the UT comprising a preferred access point with an access point type that belongs to the first set of access point types and determined at least in part based on the access capabilities, wherein the custom SDL facilitates preferential selection of the preferred access point by the UT; and allowing or denying network access to the UT, wherein: if the first set of access point types includes Femto cells and macro cells, the Femto cells are the preferred type of access point in the SDL if the UT is operating in a home geographic area (GEO), and the macro cells are the preferred type of access point in the SDL if the UT is not operating in the home GEO, or if the first set of access point types includes the macro cells and the second set of access point types includes the Femto cells, the macro cells are the preferred type of access point in the SDL irrespective of whether the UT is operating in the home GEO.