COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND NETWORK ACCESS SERVER FOR CONNECTING A NETWORK COMPONENT TO A NETWORK, IN PARTICULAR A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, WITH AN EXTENDED NETWORK ACCESS IDENTIFIER

摘要

The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for connecting a network component to a network, in particular a mobile communications network, with an extended network access identifier. The method involves a receiving of the extended network access identifier from the network component via a network access server, wherein the extended network access identifier comprises at least one network access restriction for connecting the network component to the network. The method also involves a receiving of a requested user access profile from a user profile server via the network access server, wherein the user access profile comprises access authorisations for connecting the network component to the network. The network component is authenticated in the network via the network access server, if the received extended network access identifier fulfills thre access authorisations of the received user access profile. Then the network connection of the network component to the network via the network access server is configured by means of the access authorisations of the user access profile once the network component is authenticated. There is also a determining of the network restriction received with the extended network access identifier via the network access server, and a verifying of the configured network connection of the network component to the network via the network access server based on the determined network access restriction. Then the network component is connected to the network via the network access server, once the configured network connection is verified and the configured network connection fulfills the determined network access restrictions.