Vodafone IP Licensing Limited

Assen Golaup

Christopher Pudney

Gavin Wong

Peter Cosimini

Peter Howard

John Moughton

Dave Fox

Anthony Sammut

Leo Patanapongibul

Tony Sammut

A telecommunications network including: a mobile device (); a home network () with which the mobile device () user has a subscription including content preferences, the home network () including a content preference store () for storing the content preferences, a policy provisioning server () for indicating content preferences to mobile device () and home authenticating means () for performing authentication of the mobile device (); and a further network () having at least one access point () with which the mobile device () can temporarily communicate and further authenticating means () for controlling registration of the mobile device () with the access point (); wherein: the further authentication means () is operable to communicate with the home authentication means () to perform an authentication process for the mobile device () when the mobile device () connects to the access point (), which authentication process accesses data from the content preference store () storing the user content preferences, determines if the further network () can satisfy the content preferences, and controls registration of the mobile device () with the access point () in dependence upon whether the further network () can satisfy the content preferences of the user. The mobile device () may include a store () for storing the user content preferences provisioned by a policy server (), and registration control means () operable to generate a content query to the further network (), and to analyze a response to the content query so as to determine if the further network () can satisfy the content preferences and to enable registration with the access point () in dependence thereon.

Content control in telecommunications networks

Controlling authentication of a device within a cellular network is provided. The authentication allows the device to access a non-cellular network via an access point and is between the device and an authenticating entity within the cellular network. Information is obtained about a state associated with the device. Based on the obtained information, it is evaluated whether to allow the device to perform authentication with the authenticating entity. This may be done at the device.

WLAN authentication restriction

A mobile telecommunications network includes a core network and a radio access network. The radio access network has a network node that wirelessly communicates with a mobile terminal registered with the radio access network. The radio access network includes a controller that controls the use of network resources by the mobile terminal and processes control plane signaling. The controller includes an applicator that receives policy information and/or routing information from the core network and provides instructions to the network node to act in accordance with the received information. The network node includes an enforcer that enforces the instructions received from the controller so as to control whether the terminal uplink user plane traffic and control plane signalling messages are passed to the core network, routed to the controller, or duplicated and provided to both the core network and the controller.

Telecommunication networks

In Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, systems, an access point supports access using one or more frequency bands. A WLAN device transmits a query to a WLAN access point prior to association of the WLAN device with the WLAN access point, requesting an indication of one or more frequency bands used by the WLAN access point to support access. The WLAN access point receives the query from the wireless device using one of the one or more frequency bands and transmits to the wireless device an indication of the one or more frequency bands in response. A relative priority of frequency bands may be provided in order to guide the WLAN device in choosing a preferred frequency band.

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Assen Golaup