ROAMING SOLUTION

• US 20180262901A1
• Filed: 03/07/2018
• Published: 09/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telia Company AB
• Original Assignee: Telia Company AB
• Inventors: Jalkanen, Tero, SARAJISTO, Tomi
• Granted Patent: US 10,390,211 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for registering a roaming device to a mobile communication network, the method comprises: receiving a request over a specific communication mode from the roaming device, determining the at least one communication route to the server at least in part based on the request received in the network node, generating an inquiry to the server regarding the roaming device over the determined communication route, receiving a response from the server over the determined communication route, and in response to a determination that data in the response so indicates registering the device for utilizing the mobile communication network over the specific communication mode. The invention relates also to a network node and a computer program product.

Claims

1. A method for registering a roaming device to a mobile communication network, the method comprises:

receiving, in a network node, a request over a specific communication mode from the roaming device for utilizing the mobile communication network for communication, the request comprising data indicating at least in part at least one communication route to a server hosting a service the roaming device is configured to implement to,

determining, by the network node, the at least one communication route to the server at least in part based on the request received in the network node,

generating, by the network node, an inquiry to the server regarding the roaming device over the determined communication route,

receiving, in the network node, a response from the server over the determined communication route, the response comprising data indicating if the roaming device is allowed to utilize the mobile communication network for communication, and

in response to a determination that the data in the response indicates that the roaming device is allowed to utilize the mobile communication network for communication registering the device in the mobile communication network for utilizing the mobile communication network for communication over the specific communication mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprising a generation of a response message to the device over the specific communication mode, the response message indicating that the roaming device is allowed to utilize the mobile communication network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the inquiry to the server regarding the roaming terminal device is generated through a home mobile communication network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relating to a roaming of the device in the mobile communication network is inquired in the inquiry from the home mobile communication network in response to a receipt of the request over the specific communication mode.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the inquiry further comprising information relating to a task specific to the device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the inquiry is further generated for requesting device specific information from the server.

7. The method of the claim 6, wherein the requested device specific information relates to configuration settings of the device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific communication mode is Non-IP Data Delivery, NIDD, mode.

17. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein for performing the method of the claim 1 when the computer program product is executed on a computer.

9. A network node for registering a roaming device to a mobile communication network, the network node comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code;

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network node to perform;

receive a request over a specific communication mode from the roaming device for utilizing the mobile communication network for communication, the request comprising data indicating at least in part at least one communication route to a server hosting a service the roaming device is configured to implement to,

determine the at least one communication route to the server at least in part based on the request received in the network node,

generate an inquiry to the server regarding the roaming device over the determined communication route,

receive a response from the server over the determined communication route, the response comprising data indicating if the roaming device is allowed to utilize the mobile communication network for communication, and

in response to a determination that the data in the response indicates that the roaming device is allowed to utilize the mobile communication network for communication register the device in the mobile communication network for utilizing the mobile communication network for communication over the specific communication mode.

10. The network node of claim 9, wherein the network node is further caused to perform:

generate a response message to the device over the specific communication mode, the response message indicating that the roaming device is allowed to utilize the mobile communication network.

11. The network node of claim 9, wherein in the network node is configured to generate the inquiry to the server regarding the roaming terminal device through a home mobile communication network.

12. The network node of claim 9, wherein the network node is further configured to inquire information relating to a roaming of the device in the mobile communication network from the home mobile communication network in response to a receipt of the request over the specific communication mode.

13. The network node of claim 9, wherein the network node is further configured to inquire information relating to a task specific to the device in the inquiry.

14. The network node of claim 9, wherein the network node is further configured to generate the inquiry for requesting device specific information from the server.

15. The network node of claim 14, wherein the requested device specific information relates to configuration settings of the device.

16. The network node of claim 9, wherein the specific communication mode is Non-IP Data Delivery, NIDD, mode.