Automatic Transfer of Machine-to-Machine Device Identifier to Network-External Service Providers
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Abstract
Techniques for automatically transferring an external identifier for a wireless device from a wireless communication network serving the wireless device to a service provider external to the wireless communication network are disclosed. In an example method, carried out in one or more nodes of the wireless communication network, a binding between the external identifier and an internal identifier for the wireless device is maintained. A data session for the wireless device and corresponding to the service provider is established, wherein said establishing includes an assignment of an IP address to the wireless device. A request for the external identifier is received from the service provider, said request including the IP address for the wireless device. The external identifier is then sent to the service provider, in response to the request.
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76 Claims
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39. A method, in one or more nodes of a wireless communication network serving a wireless device, of providing an external identifier for the wireless device to a service provider external to the wireless communication network, the method comprising:
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maintaining a binding between the external identifier and an internal identifier for the wireless device; establishing a data session for the wireless device and corresponding to the service provider, wherein said establishing is initiated by the wireless device. receiving, from the service provider, a request for the external identifier, said request including an IP address for the wireless device; and sending the external identifier to the service provider, in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. An M2M interworking function (IWF) node configured for use in a wireless communication network serving a wireless device, the M2M IWF node comprising
one or more interfaces adapted for communication with at least a radio access network serving the wireless device and one or more other nodes in the wireless communication network, and a processing circuit adapted to provide an external identifier for the wireless device to a service provider external to the wireless communication network by: -
receiving, from the service provider, a request for the external identifier, said request including an IP address for the wireless device; retrieving the external identifier from another node in the wireless communication network, using the IP address; and sending the external identifier to the service provider, in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A home subscriber server node for use in a wireless communication network serving a wireless device, the home subscriber server node comprising:
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one or more interfaces adapted for communication with at least a radio access network serving the wireless device and one or more other nodes in the wireless communication network, and one or more processing circuits adapted to; maintain a binding between an external identifier for the wireless device and an internal identifier for the wireless device, and data session information for the wireless device; receive a query from a second node in the radio access network, the query comprising the internal identifier for the wireless device; and send the external identifier to the second node, in response to the query. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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57. A combined home subscriber server and authentication server node for use in a wireless communication network serving a wireless device, the node comprising:
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one or more interfaces adapted for communication with one or more other nodes in the wireless communication network, and one or more processing circuits adapted to; maintain a binding between an external identifier for the wireless device, an IP address for the wireless device, an internal identifier for the wireless device, and data session information for the wireless device; receive a query from a second node in the wireless communication network, the query comprising the IP address for the wireless device; and send the external identifier to the second node. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60)
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61. A method at a network node that is associated with a service provider network, the method comprising:
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establishing a data session with a wireless device having a service capability layer (SCL) associated with the service provider network, wherein said data session is carried over a wireless communication network; receiving, from the wireless device, a service provider network identifier for the wireless device; sending, to the wireless communication network, a request for an external identifier associated with the wireless device, the request including an IP address used to address the wireless device through the wireless communication network; receiving the external identifier from the wireless communication network, in response to the request; and binding the external identifier received from the wireless communication network to the service provider network identifier, to thereby establish a mapping between the external identifier and the service provider network identifier for subsequent use by the service provider network in triggering communications with the wireless device through the wireless communication network. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A network node for use in association with a service provider network, said network node comprising:
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one or more communication interfaces configured to communicate with a node in or associated with an access network; and a processing circuit operatively associated with the one or more communication interfaces and configured to; establish a data session with a wireless device having a service capability layer (SCL) associated with the service provider network, wherein said data session is carried over a radio access network; receive, from the wireless device, a service provider network identifier for the wireless device; send, to the radio access network, a request for an external identifier associated with the wireless device, the request including an IP address used to address the wireless device through the radio access network; receive the external identifier from the radio access network, in response to the request; and bind the external identifier received from the radio access network to the service provider network identifier, to thereby establish a mapping between the external identifier and the service provider network identifier for subsequent use by the service provider network in triggering communications with the wireless device through the access network. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method, in one or more nodes of a wireless communication network serving a wireless device, of providing an external identifier for the wireless device to a service provider external to the wireless communication network, the method comprising:
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maintaining a binding between service provider subscription information for the wireless device and an internal identifier for the wireless device; sending an accounting start notification to an authentication server, in response to establishment of a bearer by the wireless device, said accounting start notification including an IP address corresponding to the bearer and a data network identifier corresponding to the service provider; receiving a query for an external identifier for the wireless device, said query comprising a device identifier provided by the authentication server; sending the external identifier for the wireless device to an Interworking Function (IWF) node in response to said query, for forwarding to the service provider in conjunction with the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74)
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75. A method, in one or more nodes of a wireless communication network serving a wireless device, of providing an external identifier for the wireless device to a service provider external to the wireless communication network, the method comprising:
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receiving an activation notification from an authentication server, the activation notification including a device identifier for the wireless device, a data network identifier corresponding to the service provider, and an IP address for the wireless device; sending a query for the external identifier to a second node in the wireless communication network, the query including the device identifier; receiving the external identifier for the wireless device to from the second node, in response to said query; and forwarding the external identifier to the service provider in conjunction with the IP address.
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76. An M2M interworking function (IWF) node configured for use in a wireless communication network serving a wireless device, the M2M IWF node comprising
one or more interfaces adapted for communication with at least a radio access network serving the wireless device and one or more other nodes in the wireless communication network, and a processing circuit adapted to provide an external identifier for the wireless device to a service provider external to the wireless communication network by: -
receive an activation notification from an authentication server, the activation notification including a device identifier for the wireless device, a data network identifier corresponding to the service provider, and an IP address for the wireless device; send a query for the external identifier to a second node in the wireless communication network, the query including the device identifier; receive the external identifier for the wireless device to from the second node, in response to said query; and forward the external identifier to the service provider in conjunction with the IP address.
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