A method for location based access control in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from an originating device, a request for access to a specific resource associated with location constraints, the location constraints being related to circular description or country description, checking whether location information of the originating device is present, acquiring the location information of the originating device according to type of the location constraints when the location information of the originating device is not present, and performing access control based on the acquired location information.