Access request management

1. A method for managing a request on a communication resource for a user terminal, comprising:

detecting an access request on a communication resource for a user terminal; determining access request settings that comprise a user-specific set of one or more selection criteria for estimating applicability of a communication resource for the requested access; querying communication resources from a group of access nodes;

using the determined access request settings in selecting the communication resource for the access; and querying the communication resources by a proxy server whose client the user terminal is, wherein another proxy server responds with one or more terms of operation, a term defining a share of management responsibilities between the two proxies, wherein different terms are associated with a different price for one communication resource.

2. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining the access request settings in the user terminal.

3. A method according to claim 2 , further comprising the access request settings by querying parameters for the settings from the user though the user interface.

4. A method according to claim 2 , further comprising determining the access request settings by retrieving parameters from the memory of the user terminal.

5. A method according to claim 1 further comprising determining the access request settings by retrieving parameters for the settings from a database of the proxy server whose client the user terminal is.

6. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising maintaining subscriber information of the user in a home network subscriber database, and determining the access request settings by retrieving parameters for the settings from the subscriber database.

7. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising the user-specific set of one or more selection criteria comprises a selection criterion of at least one of the following types: user-specific technical criterion, user-specific non-technical criterion, user-specific comparison criterion.

8. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

the proxy determining access nodes presently available to the user terminal; and

the proxy querying communication resources from the determined access nodes.

9. A method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one access node is managed by the other proxy server, and further comprising sending a query for the communication resource by the proxy server to the other proxy server.

10. A network node for a telecommunication system, comprising:

an interface unit for receiving an information on an access request for a user terminal;

a control unit, the functions of the control unit being at least partially controlled by program code, said program code executed on a terminal comprising program code configuring said network node to

determine access request settings that comprise a user-specific set of one or more selection criteria for estimating applicability of a communication resource for the requested access;

query communication resources from a group of access nodes;

use the determined access request settings in selecting the communication resource for the access;

query the communication resources by a proxy server whose client the user terminal is; and

receive a response by another proxy server, the response comprising one or more terms of operation, a term defining a share of management responsibilities between the two proxies, wherein different terms are associated with a different price for one communication resource.

11. A network node according to claim 10 , wherein the network node is a subscriber database element and comprises:

a memory unit for storing a user-specific set of one or more selection criteria for determining applicability of a communication resource for the requested access;

said program code further comprising program code configuring said network node to;

receive a query on the user-specific set of one or more selection criteria from the proxy server whose client the user terminal presently is;

retrieve the user-specific set of one or more selection criteria from the memory unit; and

respond to the query by sending the retrieved user-specific set of one or more selection criteria to the proxy server.

12. A network node according to claim 10 , wherein the network node is the proxy server, said program code further comprising program code configuring said network node to

receive an access request from a user terminal;

send a query on the user-specific set of one or more selection criteria to a subscriber database in the home network of the user.

13. A network node according to claim 12 , wherein said program code further comprising: program code configuring said network node to extract the user-specific set of one or more selection criteria, included to the access request by the user terminal, from the received access request.

14. A network node according to claim 12 , wherein y the user-specific set of one or more selection criteria comprises a criterion of at least one of the following types: user-specific technical criterion, user-specific non-technical criterion, user-specific comparison criterion.

15. A network node according to claim 12 , wherein said program code further comprises:

program code configuring said network node to determine access nodes presently available to the user terminal; and

program code configuring said network node to query communication resources from the determined access nodes.

16. A network node according to claim 10 , wherein the network node is the proxy server, comprising

a memory unit for storing a user-specific set of one or more selection criteria for determining applicability of a communication resource for the requested access;

said program code further comprising program code configuring said network node to

receive an access request from a user terminal;

retrieve the user-specific set of one or more selection criteria from the memory unit.

17. A network node according to claim 10 , wherein said program code further comprises program code configuring said network node to send a query for the communication resource to another proxy server that manages at least one access node.

18. A network node according to claim 10 , wherein said program code further comprises:

program code configuring said network node to receive responses from the group of access nodes;

program code configuring said network node to send the responses, or information compiled from the responses, to the user terminal; and

program code configuring said network node to receive indication on the selected communication resource from the user terminal.

19. A user terminal for a telecommunication system, comprising

an interface unit for receiving an information on an access request on a communication resource for a user terminal;

a control unit, the functions of the control unit being at least partially controlled by program code, said program code comprising:

program code configuring said user terminal to detect an access request for a communication resource;

program code configuring said user terminal to determine access request settings that comprise a user-specific set of one or more selection criteria for estimating applicability of a communication resource for the requested access;

program code configuring said user terminal to receive information on communication resources in a group of one or more access nodes;

program code configuring said user terminal to select a communication resource on the basis of the access request settings; and

program code configuring said user terminal to send the access request settings to a proxy server whose client it presently is, wherein another proxy server responds with one or more terms of operation, a term defining a share of management responsibilities between the two proxies, wherein different terms are associated with a different price for one communication resource.

20. A user terminal according to claim 19 , wherein said program code further comprises:

program code configuring said user terminal to receive from the proxy server information on available communication resources in a group of one or more access nodes.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a software routine, comprising:

detecting an access request comprising a request for a communication resource for a user terminal;

determining access request settings that comprise a user-specific set of one or more selection criteria for estimating applicability of a communication resource for the requested access;

querying communication resources from a group of access nodes;

using the determined access request settings in selecting the communication resource for the access; and

querying the communication resources by a proxy server whose client the user terminal is, wherein another proxy server responds with one or more terms of operation, a term defining a share of management responsibilities between the two proxies, wherein different terms are associated with a different price for one communication resource.