Mobile network system and service control information changing method
First Claim
1. A mobile network system comprising a home network to which mobile terminal equipment users subscribe, and a foreign network other than the home network, and a network management system for making a resource management of the whole network and which is connected to said home network, said home network having:
- a home agent apparatus having a home address corresponding to said mobile terminal equipment and relaying a packet transmitted from a correspondent node to said mobile terminal equipment; and
a home server apparatus for managing an authentication, authorization and accounting concerning said home network;
said foreign network having;
a foreign agent apparatus for relaying said packet transferred from said home agent apparatus to said mobile terminal equipment; and
a foreign server apparatus for managing the authentication, authorization and accounting concerning said foreign network;
wherein by transmitting a registration request message containing service content changing information from said mobile terminal equipment to said foreign agent apparatus, service control information concerning said mobile terminal equipment which is possessed by each of said foreign agent apparatus, said foreign server apparatus, said home server apparatus, said home agent apparatus and said correspondent node which exist on a communication path between said mobile terminal equipment and said correspondent node is updated.
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Abstract
The mobile network system and the service control information changing method are disclosed in which by transmitting a registration request message containing change information of service content from the mobile terminal equipment to a foreign agent apparatus, the service control information concerning the mobile terminal equipment that is possessed by each of the foreign agent apparatus, a foreign server apparatus, a home server apparatus, a home agent apparatus, and a correspondent node is updated.
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16 Claims
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1. A mobile network system comprising a home network to which mobile terminal equipment users subscribe, and a foreign network other than the home network, and a network management system for making a resource management of the whole network and which is connected to said home network, said home network having:
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a home agent apparatus having a home address corresponding to said mobile terminal equipment and relaying a packet transmitted from a correspondent node to said mobile terminal equipment; and
a home server apparatus for managing an authentication, authorization and accounting concerning said home network;
said foreign network having;
a foreign agent apparatus for relaying said packet transferred from said home agent apparatus to said mobile terminal equipment; and
a foreign server apparatus for managing the authentication, authorization and accounting concerning said foreign network;
wherein by transmitting a registration request message containing service content changing information from said mobile terminal equipment to said foreign agent apparatus, service control information concerning said mobile terminal equipment which is possessed by each of said foreign agent apparatus, said foreign server apparatus, said home server apparatus, said home agent apparatus and said correspondent node which exist on a communication path between said mobile terminal equipment and said correspondent node is updated. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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2. A mobile network system comprising a home network to which mobile terminal equipment users subscribe, and a foreign network other than the home network, and a network management system for making a resource management of the whole network and which is connected to said home network, said home network having:
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a home agent apparatus having a home address corresponding to said mobile terminal equipment and relaying a packet transmitted from a correspondent node to said mobile terminal equipment; and
a home server apparatus for managing an authentication, authorization and accounting concerning said home network;
said foreign network having;
a foreign agent apparatus for relaying the packet transferred from said home agent apparatus to said mobile terminal equipment; and
a foreign server apparatus for managing the authentication, authorization and accounting concerning said foreign network;
wherein by making a request of changing a service content from said network management system to said home server apparatus, service control information concerning said mobile terminal equipment which is possessed by each of said foreign agent apparatus, said foreign server apparatus, said home server apparatus, said home agent apparatus and said correspondent node which exist on a communication path between said mobile terminal equipment and said correspondent node is updated.
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16. A method for changing service control information in a mobile network, comprising the steps of:
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changing the service control information of a user that is managed in a home network to which the user of the mobile terminal equipment subscribes when the mobile terminal equipment is present in a foreign network other than said home network;
transmitting a registration request message to said home network, after changing said service control information;
transmitting the service control information after change from said home network having received said registration request message to said foreign network where said mobile terminal equipment is present; and
receiving a service based on said service control information after change at said mobile terminal equipment in said foreign network.
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