Method for synchronizing context data of network functions in a mobile network

A non-transitory recording medium readable by a computer on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for performing a method of synchronization when the instructions are executed by a processor of a first device, the method being implemented by the first device, in a mobile network comprising a network core managing access to said mobile network, the first device hosting in the network core a network function serving for connecting a mobile terminal to the mobile network, said mobile network comprising at least one second device hosting in the network core said network function, the method comprising the following acts:

• establishing a connection of the mobile terminal to the first device so that said first device executes, as a main device, the network function in association with said mobile terminal;
• determining context data associated with the mobile terminal, said context data being data taken as input by the network function in order to execute, in the network core of the mobile network, the network function for connecting the mobile terminal to the mobile network;
• recording the context data in a memory associated with said first device;
• and
• dispatching the context data to at least one of said at least one second device, wherein each second device to which the context is dispatched is termed a secondary device, so as to synchronize the context data in said first device and said at least one secondary device, said context data being accessible by said network function in each secondary device.

A first device hosting in a network core of a mobile network a network function, the network core managing access to said mobile network, said mobile network comprising at least one second device hosting in the network core said network function, said network function serving for connecting a mobile terminal to the mobile network, the first device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor configure the first device to perform acts comprising:
• establishing a connection of the mobile terminal to the first device so that said first device executes, as a main device, the network function in association with said mobile terminal;
• determining context data associated with the mobile terminal, said context data being data taken as input by the network function in order to execute, in the network core of the mobile network, the network function for connecting the mobile terminal to the mobile network;
• recording the context data in a memory associated with said first device;
• and
• dispatching the context data to at least one of said at least one second device, wherein each second device to which the context is dispatched is termed a secondary device, so as to synchronize the context data in said first device and said at least one secondary device, said context data being accessible by said network function in each secondary device.