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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Lars-Bertil Olsson, Angered, SE;
Jesus-Angel De-Gregorio-Rodriguez, Madrid, ES;
Shabnam Sultana, Montreal, CA;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Methods, devices, computer programs and carriers comprising computer programs for handling handling a User Equipments, UE, access to networks are provided. A method performed by a mobility nodecomprises, when the UEaccesses the current visited network, transmitting, through the visited network to a subscriber serverin a home networkof the UE, a request for access information for the UE. The request comprises network information which indicates the current visited networkand at least one potential visited network which the UEcan access. The method further comprises receiving, from the subscriber server, the requested access information for at least some of the networks indicated in the request. The access information comprises allowed network IDs and corresponding allowed RATs for at least some of the networks indicated in the request which the UEis allowed to access. When the UEshould access one of the potential visited networks, the mobility node determines, based on the previously received access information, if the UEis allowed to access the potential visited network.