SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ACCESS RESTRICTION OF USER EQUIPMENT DEVICES IN AN IP-FEMTOCELL SYSTEM
A system, method, and computer readable medium for screening services in a network system is provided. A list of electronic serial numbers of handsets in a user subscription may be compiled by a base station manager and transmitted to a femtocell system in a configuration download. The femtocell system may then screen electronic serial numbers of user equipments that attempt to register with the femtocell system. In an embodiment, the femtocell system may allow calls to be placed through the femtocell system on an emergency basis regardless of whether the user equipment has an electronic serial number that is authorized for access by the femtocell system. In non-emergency scenarios, only user equipments having an electronic serial number that matches an electronic serial number in the femtocell system's electronic serial number list are allowed to place calls or register with the femtocell system.
1 . A method of service screening in a network system, comprising:
provisioning a femtocell system with a list of at least one electronic serial number of at least one user equipment authorized to access the femtocell system;
receiving, by the femtocell system, a service request from a user equipment;
determining an electronic serial number of the user equipment; and
comparing the electronic serial number with the list of at least one electronic serial number.
2 . The method of claim 1 , where receiving a service request comprises receiving a call setup request.
3 . The method of claim 1 , where receiving a service request comprises receiving a registration request.
4 . The method of claim 1 , where comparing the electronic serial number further comprises determining the electronic serial number does not match any of the at least one electronic serial number, the method further comprising rejecting the service request.
5 . The method of claim 1 , where comparing the electronic serial number further comprises determining the electronic serial number matches one of the at least one electronic serial number, the method further comprising completing the service request.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the service request is an emergency service request; and
completing the service request.
7 . The method of claim 1 , where provisioning the femtocell system further comprises receiving the list from a base station manager as a configuration download.
8 . The method of claim 1 , where the list of at least one electronic serial number comprises a list of electronic serial numbers of user equipments registered on a customer account associated with the femtocell system.
9 . A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for execution by a processing system, the computer-executable instructions for service screening in a network system, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions for:
receiving, by a femtocell system, a list of at least one electronic serial number from a base station manager as a configuration download, wherein the at least one electric serial number is an electronic serial number of a user equipment authorized to access the femtocell system;
provisioning the femtocell system with the list;
receiving, by the femtocell system, a service request from a user equipment;
determining an electronic serial number of the user equipment; and
comparing the electronic serial number with the list of at least one electronic serial number.
10 . The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions for receiving a service request comprise instructions for receiving a call setup request.
11 . The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions for receiving a service request comprise instructions for receiving a registration request.
12 . The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions for comparing the electronic serial number further comprise instructions for determining the electronic serial number does not match any of the at least one electronic serial number, the computer-readable medium further comprising instructions for rejecting the service request.
13 . The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions for comparing the electronic serial number further comprise instructions for determining the electronic serial number matches one of the at least one electronic serial number, the computer-readable medium further comprising instructions for completing the service request.
14 . The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising instructions for:
determining the service request is an emergency service request; and
completing the service request.
15 . The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the list of at least one electronic serial number comprises a list of electronic serial numbers of user equipments registered on a customer account associated with the femtocell system.
16 . A system configured for service screening in a network system, comprising:
a packet-switched network including a base station manager server; and
a femtocell system communicatively coupled with the packet-switched network adapted to provide a radio interface with a user equipment, wherein the femtocell system receives a configuration download from the base station manager that includes a list of at least one electronic serial number of at least one user equipment registered on a customer account associated with the femtocell system, wherein the femtocell system receives a service request from a user equipment, determines an electronic serial number of the user equipment, and compares the electronic serial number with the list of at least one electronic serial number.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the service request comprises a call setup request.
18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the service request comprises a registration request.
19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the femtocell system determines the electronic serial number does not match any of the at least one electronic serial number and rejects the service request.
20 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the femtocell system determines the electronic serial number matches one of the at least one electronic serial number and completes the service request.