Packet communication network and subscriber-associated-information delivery controller
First Claim
1. A packet communication network comprising a mobile network operator (MNO) network, which includes a radio access network for communicating with wireless terminals, and a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) network including an application server for providing information services to the wireless terminals via the MNO network,wherein said MNO network includes a gateway apparatus for connecting said access network to a core network, a mobile controller, and a subscriber-associated-information delivery controller for receiving subscriber associated information of each wireless terminal being connected to the radio access network from at least one of said gateway apparatus and said mobile controller, generating an information forwarding message including the subscriber associated information and delivering the subscriber associated information to said MVNO network through said core network by means of said information forwarding message,wherein said MVNO network includes a subscriber-associated-information processor for receiving the information forwarding message from the subscriber-associated-information delivery controller through said core network and storing the subscriber associated information extracted from the received information forwarding message, thereby collecting subscriber associated information of wireless terminals including wireless terminals that did not access the application server, for use in the MVNO network, andwherein said subscriber-associated-information delivery controller has a laid-open information management table for indicating the correspondence of the subscriber-associated-information processor of said MVNO network and the kind of the subscriber associated information to be delivered, and generates said information forwarding message to selectively deliver the subscriber associated information of each wireless terminal to said subscriber-associated-information processor according to the laid-open information management table.
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Abstract
In a packet communication network comprising an MNO network, and an MVNO network including an application server for providing an information service to wireless terminals via the MNO network, the MNO network includes a subscriber-associated-information delivery controller for delivering subscriber associated information of each wireless terminal, which is connected to a radio access network, to the MVNO network, and the MVNO network includes a subscriber-associated-information processor for receiving the subscriber associated information delivered from the subscriber-associated-information delivery controller.
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10 Claims
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1. A packet communication network comprising a mobile network operator (MNO) network, which includes a radio access network for communicating with wireless terminals, and a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) network including an application server for providing information services to the wireless terminals via the MNO network,
wherein said MNO network includes a gateway apparatus for connecting said access network to a core network, a mobile controller, and a subscriber-associated-information delivery controller for receiving subscriber associated information of each wireless terminal being connected to the radio access network from at least one of said gateway apparatus and said mobile controller, generating an information forwarding message including the subscriber associated information and delivering the subscriber associated information to said MVNO network through said core network by means of said information forwarding message, wherein said MVNO network includes a subscriber-associated-information processor for receiving the information forwarding message from the subscriber-associated-information delivery controller through said core network and storing the subscriber associated information extracted from the received information forwarding message, thereby collecting subscriber associated information of wireless terminals including wireless terminals that did not access the application server, for use in the MVNO network, and wherein said subscriber-associated-information delivery controller has a laid-open information management table for indicating the correspondence of the subscriber-associated-information processor of said MVNO network and the kind of the subscriber associated information to be delivered, and generates said information forwarding message to selectively deliver the subscriber associated information of each wireless terminal to said subscriber-associated-information processor according to the laid-open information management table.
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6. A subscriber-associated-information delivery controller that belongs to a mobile network operator (MNO) network including a radio access network for communicating with wireless terminals, a gateway apparatus for connecting said radio access network to a core network, and a mobile controller and delivers subscriber associated information of each wireless terminal to at least one of a plurality of mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) networks each including an application server for providing information services to said wireless terminals through said core network and said MNO network, the subscriber-associated-information delivery controller comprising:
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an internal network interface for receiving event notification messages each including subscriber associated information of one of said wireless terminals from at least one of said gateway apparatus and said mobile controller; an external network interface for connecting with said the core network; a controller; and a laid-open information management table for indicating the correspondence between at least one identifier of a subscriber-associated-information processor belonging to each of said MVNO networks and the kind of subscriber associated information to be delivered; wherein said controller is configured so as to generate an information forwarding message including the subscriber associated information extracted from the event notification message and selectively transmit the information forwarding message to said subscriber-associated-information processor of one of said MVNO network, in accordance with said laid-open information management table, thereby to enable the subscriber-associated-information processor to collect subscriber associated information of wireless terminals including wireless terminals that did not access the application server of the MVNO network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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