US 11,700,525 B2 · Providing a roaming policy federation in a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network environment

Abstract

Presented herein are techniques associated with replicating an OpenRoaming™ policy federation in a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network environment. For example, techniques herein provide a roaming policy federation architecture for a 3GPP network environment. In one example a method is provided that may include encoding a multi-bit roaming policy for an identity provider within a plurality of multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifiers in which the multi-bit roaming policy includes bit-wise roaming policy information for the identity provider. The method may further include configuring the plurality of multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifiers for a mobile device associated with the identity provider. In one instance, detecting, by the mobile device, at least one multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifier of the plurality of multi-bit broadcasting identifiers being broadcast by a visited radio access network triggers the mobile device to perform an authentication with the identity provider.

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A method, comprising:

encoding a multi-bit roaming policy for an identity provider and each of a plurality of bit-wise combinatorial permutations of the multi-bit roaming policy for the identity provider within each of a plurality of multi-bit Third Generational Partnership Project (3GPP) broadcast identifiers, wherein the multi-bit roaming policy includes a plurality of bits that identify bit-wise roaming policy information for the identity provider;
and
configuring the plurality of multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifiers at a mobile device associated with the identity provider, wherein detecting, by the mobile device, at least one multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifier of the plurality of multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifiers being broadcast by a visited radio access network is to trigger the mobile device to perform an authentication with the identity provider.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:

encoding a multi-bit roaming policy for an identity provider and each of a plurality of bit-wise combinatorial permutations of the multi-bit roaming policy for the identity provider within each of a plurality of multi-bit Third Generational Partnership Project (3GPP) broadcast identifiers, wherein the multi-bit roaming policy includes a plurality of bits that identify bit-wise roaming policy information for the identity provider;
and
configuring the plurality of multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifiers at a mobile device associated with the identity provider, wherein detecting, by the mobile device, at least one multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifier of the plurality of multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifiers being broadcast by a visited radio access network is to trigger the mobile device to perform an authentication with the identity provider.

A system comprising:

at least one memory element for storing data;
and
at least one processor for executing instructions associated with the data, wherein executing the instructions causes the system to perform operations, comprising:
encoding a multi-bit roaming policy for an identity provider and each of a plurality of bit-wise combinatorial permutations of the multi-bit roaming policy for the identity provider within each of a plurality of multi-bit Third Generational Partnership Project (3GPP) broadcast identifiers, wherein the multi-bit roaming policy includes a plurality of bits that identify bit-wise roaming policy information for the identity provider;
and
configuring the plurality of multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifiers at a mobile device associated with the identity provider, wherein detecting, by the mobile device, at least one multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifier of the plurality of multi-bit 3GPP broadcast identifiers being broadcast by a visited radio access network is to trigger the mobile device to perform an authentication with the identity provider.

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Providing a roaming policy federation in a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network environment

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Providing a roaming policy federation in a third generation partnership project (3GPP) network environment

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