Attribute indicating a home component of a subscriber

• US 10,433,154 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2017
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Kenyon, Bradley, Moore, Tiffany A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Casca, Fred A
• Application Number:
  US15/719,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20190098485A1
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 455466, 455433, 4554351, 4554141, 4554321, 455411, 4554122, 4554261, 455445, 455405, 4554121, 455425, 4554323
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0619 using feedback from receiving side feedback signaling for adaptive modulation/coding H04L1/0001
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Examples herein redirect a message intended for a subscriber from a non-registered component to a home component. Examples disclose receiving, by the non-registered component, a message intended for the subscriber. The non-registered component is a component at which the subscriber did not register to gain network access. The non-registered component processes a data attribute within a profile corresponding to that subscriber. The data attribute indicates a home component at which the subscriber is registered to gain network access. The non-registered component redirects the message intended for the subscriber to the home component based on the data attribute.

Claims

1. A method, executable by a networking device to redirect messages to a home component, the method comprising:

receiving, by a non-registered component at which a subscriber did not register to gain network access, a message configured for delivery to the subscriber;

processing, by the non-registered component, a data attribute, populated by a home component, within a subset of a profile corresponding to the subscriber, that indicates the home component at which the subscriber is registered to gain network access; and

based on the data attribute, redirecting the message from the non-registered component to the home component;

attaching the subscriber to the network;

registering the subscriber at the home component within the network;

wherein registering the subscriber at the home component within the network comprises;

populating the data attribute with an address to the home component;

wherein processing the data attribute, within the profile corresponding to that subscriber, that indicates the home component comprises;

in response to an absent data attribute, updating the data attribute, within the profile of the subscriber, indicating the home component of the subscriber.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein processing the data attribute, within the profile corresponding to that subscriber, comprises:

searching an index including a subset of profile data for the data attribute indicating the home component of the subscriber.

3. The method of claim 1 processing the data attribute, within the profile corresponding to that subscriber, comprises:

searching a profile data that corresponds to that subscriber for the data attribute indicating the home component of the subscriber.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein registering the subscriber to the home component within the network comprises:

authenticating, by the home component, the subscriber to gain the network access.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the home component includes a home subscriber server (HSS).

6. A system comprising:

a home component within a network to;

register a subscriber for gaining network access;

based on the registration, populate a data attribute within a profile corresponding to the subscriber that indicates an address of the home component;

transmit a subset of the populated data attribute to other components within the network such that the other components are capable of redirecting, to the home component, a message configured for delivery to the subscriber; and

maintain a full version of the profile; and

a non-registered component, at which the subscriber remains unregistered, within the network to;

receive the message;

process the data attribute, within a profile corresponding to the subscriber; and

redirect the message from the non-registered component to the home component;

wherein the home component is configured to attach the subscriber to the network,

register the subscriber at the home component within the network;

wherein registering the subscriber at the home component within the network comprises;

populating the data attribute with an address to the home component;

wherein processing the data attribute, comprises;

in response to an absent data attribute, updating the data attribute, within the profile of the subscriber, indicating the home component of the subscriber.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein based on the registration, populate the data attribute within the profile corresponding to the subscriber that indicates an address of the home component, the home component is to:

check the data attribute; and

in response to an absent data attribute, updating the data attribute, within the profile of the subscriber, the address of the home component of the subscriber.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the home component is further to:

attach and authenticate the subscriber to the network prior to registration.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein the home component includes a home subscriber server (HSS).

10. The system of claim 6 wherein the other components are to:

receive the populated data attribute; and

store the data attribute as a subset of a profile data.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processing resource cause a computing device to:

register a subscriber at a home component within a network for gaining access to the network;

based on the registration, populate a profile corresponding to the subscriber with a data attribute indicating an address of the home component;

transmit a subset of the populated profile to other components within the network such that the other components are capable of redirecting, to the home component, a message configured for delivery to the subscriber; and

maintain a full version of the populated profile;

attach the subscriber to the network;

wherein populating the profile corresponding to the subscriber with a data attribute indicating an address of the home component comprises;

in response to an absent data attribute, updating the data attribute, within the profile of the subscriber, indicating the home component of the subscriber.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein to register the subscriber within the network comprises instructions that when executed by the processing resource causes the computing device to:

authenticate the subscriber prior to registration.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein to transmit the populated profile to other components within the network comprises instructions that when executed by the processing resource cause the computing device to:

transmit an address of the home component to the other components.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein based on the registration, the computing device is to populate the profile corresponding to the subscriber with the data attribute indicating the computing device as a home component to the subscriber comprises instructions that when executed by the processing resource causes the computing device to:

in response to an absent data attribute within the profile, populate the data attribute with the computing device as the home component.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein based on the registration, the computing device is to populate the profile corresponding to the subscriber with the data attribute indicating the computing device as a home component to the subscriber comprises instructions that when executed by the processing resource causes the computing device to:

in response to a previously populated data attribute within the profile, update the data attribute with the computing device as the home component.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the home component includes a home subscriber server (HSS) enabled with a home location register (HLR) functionality to register the subscriber within the network.