Method and Device for Providing Services for User

• US 20110182173A1
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shi, Shufeng
• Granted Patent: US 8,031,591 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities

Abstract

A method and a device for providing services for a user are provided. The method includes receiving, by an interrogating call session control function (I-CSCF), a failure response returned by a first serving call session control function (S-CSCF) after the I-CSCF selects the first S-CSCF for the user according to a capability set of an S-CSCF returned by a home subscriber server (HSS) and forwards a service request to the first S-CSCF; obtaining, by the I-CSCF, information of a second S-CSCF, and forwarding the service request from the user to the second S-CSCF.

Claims

1. A method for providing services for a user, the method comprising:

receiving, by a home subscriber server (HSS), a Server Assignment Request (SAR) for requesting subscription data of the user sent by a first serving call session control function (S-CSCF), wherein the first S-CSCF is selected by an interrogating call session control function (I-CSCF) for the user;

determining, by the HSS, that a second S-CSCF assigned to the user is different from the first S-CSCF, wherein a name of the second S-CSCF is stored in the HSS; and

returning, by the HSS, a Server Assignment Answer (SAA) to the first S-CSCF, wherein the SAA carries the name of the second S-CSCF and a failure indication information DIAMETER_ERROR_IDENTITY_ALREADY_REGISTERED, wherein the name of the second S-CSCF is transmitted to the I-CSCF from the first S-CSCF.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the failure indication information indicates that another S-CSCF different from the first S-CSCF has already been assigned to the user.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting the name of the second S-CSCF to the I-CSCF from the first S-CSCF comprises:

returning, by the first S-CSCF, a failure response to the I-CSCF, wherein the name of the second S-CSCF is carried in the failure response.

4. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

forwarding, by the I-CSCF, a service request from the user to the first S-CSCF before receiving, by the HSS, the SAR for requesting subscription data of the user sent by the first S-CSCF.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

forwarding, by the I-CSCF, a service request from the user to the second S-CSCF;

requesting from the HSS, by the second S-CSCF, the subscription data of the user; and

receiving, by the second S-CSCF, the subscription data of the user returned by the HSS, and processing the service request from the user.

6. A method for providing services for a user, the method comprising:

selecting, by an interrogating call session control function (I-CSCF), a first serving call session control function (S-CSCF) for the user and forwarding a service request from the user to the first S-CSCF;

sending, by the first S-CSCF, a Server Assignment Request (SAR) for requesting subscription data of the user to a home subscriber server (HSS);

receiving from the HSS, by the first S-CSCF, a Server Assignment Answer (SAA) after the HSS determines that a second S-CSCF assigned to the user is different from the first S-CSCF, wherein a name of the second S-CSCF is stored in the HSS and the SAA carries the name of the second S-CSCF and a failure indication information DIAMETER_ERROR_IDENTITY_ALREADY_REGISTERED; and

returning, by the first S-CSCF, a failure response carrying the name of the second S-CSCF to the I-CSCF.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

forwarding, by the I-CSCF, the service request from the user to the second S-CSCF;

requesting from the HSS, by the second S-CSCF, the subscription data of the user; and

receiving, by the second S-CSCF, the subscription data of the user returned by the HSS, and processing the service request from the user.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the failure indication information indicates that another S-CSCF different from the first S-CSCF has already been assigned to the user.

9. A system for providing services for a user, the system comprising:

an interrogating call session control function (I-CSCF) configured to select a first serving call session control function (S-CSCF) for the user and to forward a service request from the user to the first S-CSCF;

wherein the first S-CSCF is configured to send a Server Assignment Request (SAR) for requesting subscription data of the user to a home subscriber server (HSS);

wherein the first S-CSCF is further configured to receive a Server Assignment Answer (SAA) from the HSS after the HSS determines that a second S-CSCF assigned to the user is different from the first S-CSCF, wherein a name of the second S-CSCF is stored in the HSS and the SAA carries the name of the second S-CSCF and a failure indication information DIAMETER_ERROR_IDENTITY_ALREADY_REGISTERED; and

wherein the first S-CSCF is further configured to return a failure response carrying the name of the second S-CSCF to the I-CSCF.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein:

the I-CSCF is further configured to forward the service request from the user to the second S-CSCF; and

the second S-CSCF is configured to request the subscription data of the user and receive the subscription data of the user returned by the HSS, and to process the service request from the user.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the failure indication information indicates that another S-CSCF different from the first S-CSCF has already been assigned to the user.