Methods and systems for providing global internet protocol (ip) addresses

A method, comprising:

• receiving by a processing system of a global internet protocol (IP) address broker, from a first network, a request for a global IP address that is to be associated with a device that is registered on the first network, the device being registered on the first network via use of a subscriber identity that is associated with the device and that is recognized by the first network, the device being registered on the first network prior to association of the global IP address with the device, and the request including the subscriber identity;
• generating by the processing system, responsive to the request, the global IP address, the global IP address being associated in a database by the processing system along with the subscriber identity;
• sending, to the first network, the global IP address that had been generated;
• and
• determining by the processing system that the device is subsequently registered on a second network, the determining being based at least in part upon the global IP address being associated in the database along with the subscriber identity.

A machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system of a first network including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving from a first device a first request for a connection to the first network, the first device having a first subscriber identity that is recognized by the first network and that is utilized to facilitate the connection;
• sending to a global internet protocol (IP) address broker outside of the first network, responsive to the first request from the first device, a second request for a first global IP address that is to be associated with the first device, the second request including a characteristic of the first device;
• and
• receiving from the global IP address broker, responsive to the second request, the first global IP address, the first global IP address having been generated by the global IP address broker based upon the characteristic of the first device, the first global IP address enabling communication by the first network with the first device when the first device is subsequently connected to a second network.