Method and system for service access control in shared networks
First Claim
1. A method of sharing a Radio Access Network, RAN, in one or more areas by at least two operators, the method comprising:
- determining whether to grant admission of an User Equipment, UE, to the RAN via a service admission control,whereina Radio Network Controller, RNC, reads Network Resource Identifier, NRI, information, said read NRI information being used in the service admission control to check a plurality of service admission parameters as a part of a set of admission control parameters to grant or reject requested service depending on whether an operator associated with the NRI has invested in needed technology,said NRI information is contained in an “
Initial Direct Transfer”
message sent by the UE when requesting a service,traffic is routed to correct Core Network, CN, by a Serving Radio Network Controller, SRNC,the service admission control is performed by the SRNC,an UE request is sent to a Drift Radio Network Controller, DRNC, by SRNC only when the service admission control admits the UE request, andwhen DRNC requests to set up or modify a radio bearer, the DRNC informs the SRNC which then performs the service admission control and grants the requested set up or modification from the DRNC when admitted by the service admission control.
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Abstract
In a method of sharing a Radio Access Network, RAN, in one or more areas by at least two operators the determination whether to grant admission or not of a User Equipment, UE, to the RAN is performed in an admission control algorithm. A Radio Network Controller, RNC, is reading Network Resource Identifier, NRI, information contained in an “Initial Direct Transfer” message sent by the UE when requesting a service, and the read NRI information is used in a service admission control to check a plurality of service admission parameters as a part of a set of admission control parameters to grant or reject the requested service depending on whether the operator associated with the NRI has invested in needed technology or not. A corresponding radio access network comprises admission control means to determine whether to grant admission of a User Equipment, UE, to the network, RAN, or not. A Radio Network Controller, RNC, is arranged to read NRI, information contained in the “Initial Direct Transfer” message sent by an UE, when requesting a service, and sending the read NRI information to the admission control means to check a plurality of service admission parameters as a part of a set of admission control parameters to grant or reject the requested service depending on whether the operator associated with the NRI has invested in needed technology or not.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of sharing a Radio Access Network, RAN, in one or more areas by at least two operators, the method comprising:
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determining whether to grant admission of an User Equipment, UE, to the RAN via a service admission control, wherein a Radio Network Controller, RNC, reads Network Resource Identifier, NRI, information, said read NRI information being used in the service admission control to check a plurality of service admission parameters as a part of a set of admission control parameters to grant or reject requested service depending on whether an operator associated with the NRI has invested in needed technology, said NRI information is contained in an “
Initial Direct Transfer”
message sent by the UE when requesting a service,traffic is routed to correct Core Network, CN, by a Serving Radio Network Controller, SRNC, the service admission control is performed by the SRNC, an UE request is sent to a Drift Radio Network Controller, DRNC, by SRNC only when the service admission control admits the UE request, and when DRNC requests to set up or modify a radio bearer, the DRNC informs the SRNC which then performs the service admission control and grants the requested set up or modification from the DRNC when admitted by the service admission control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A radio access network, RAN, intended to be shared in one or more areas by at least two operators, comprising:
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an admission control unit configured to determine whether to grant admission of an User Equipment, UE, to the RAN; and a Radio Network Controller, RNC, configured to read Network Resource Identifier, NRI, information and send said read NRI information to said admission control unit to check a plurality of service admission parameters as a part of a set of admission control parameters to grant or reject the requested service depending on whether an operator associated with the NRI has invested in needed technology, wherein said NRI information is contained in an “
Initial Direct Transfer”
message sent by an UE, when requesting a service,a Serving Radio Network Controller, SRNC routes traffic to correct Core Network, CN, performs service admission control via the admission control unit, and sends an UE request to a Drift Radio Network Controller, DRNC, only when the admission control unit admits the UE request, the DRNC informs the SRNC about requests to set up or modify a radio bearer, and the SRNC performs the service admission control and grants requested set up or modification from DRNC when admitted by the admission control unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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