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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Ping Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Vicente De Vega De La Red, Madrid, ES;
Peter Robert Khello, Norsborg, SE;
Cristina Ruiz Balmaseda, Las Matas, ES;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, infrastructure node, a method in the 3GPP infrastructure node, 3GPP Access, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA server, a method in the 3GPP AAA server, a Home Subscriber Server, HSS and a method in the HSS. More particularly the embodiments herein relate to handling a UE requesting access to a service via an untrusted non-3GPP network. According to a first aspect, a method performed by a 3GPP node for handling a UE, requesting access to a service via an untrusted non-3GPP network is provided. The method comprises checking if trusted 3GPP network location information associated with the UE is available to the 3GPP node from a subscriber database or if the available trusted 3GPP network location information is obsolete. If the trusted 3GPP network location information is unavailable or obsolete, the method comprises determining to use untrusted non-3GPP network location information previously received from the 3GPP AAA server or to derive the untrusted non-3GPP network location information at the 3GPP node. Still further, the method comprises determining if the UE is allowed or barred to access the service via the untrusted non-3GPP network based on the received or derived untrusted non-3GPP network location information. The embodiments herein, relate also to corresponding methods performed in an 3GPP Access, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA server, and a Home Subscriber Server, HSS, respectively. Further, the embodiments herein relate also to corresponding 3GPP infrastructure node, 3GPP AAA server, and HSS.