Roaming management system
AssigneeMetaswitch Networks Ltd.
InventorJorge CAÑAS
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Abstract
The disclosures relates to a method of provisioning a subscriber profile into a subscriber data store of an IP Multimedia System (IMS) capable telecommunications network, the subscriber profile being for a subscriber which is a visiting subscriber with respect to the IMS-capable telecommunications network, the subscriber data store being for use in IP Multimedia System (IMS) call processing, the method comprising: receiving a request to allocate an IMS Access Point Name (APN); and in response to receiving the request to allocate the IMS APN, triggering a provisioning of the subscriber profile into the subscriber data store.
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A method of provisioning a subscriber profile into a subscriber data store of an IP Multimedia System (IMS)-capable telecommunications network, wherein the subscriber profile is for a visiting subscriber with respect to the IMS-capable telecommunications network, and wherein the subscriber data store is for use in IP Multimedia System (IMS) call processing, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a modified Serving Gateway and Packet Data Network Gateway (SGW/PGW), a request to allocate an IMS Access Point Name (APN);
- in response to receiving the request to allocate the IMS APN, triggering, by the modified SGW/PGW, a provisioning of the subscriber profile into the subscriber data store by transmitting a notification to a Visitor Location Register Application Server (VLR AS);
- in response receiving the notification, transmitting by the VLR AS, a request to provision the subscriber profile into a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) of the IMS-capable telecommunications network;
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- triggering, by the VLR AS, a location update in a home location register (HLR) of a home network of the visiting subscriber.
A system for provisioning a subscriber in an IP Multimedia System (IMS) capable telecommunications network, the subscriber being a visiting subscriber with respect to the IMS-capable telecommunications network, the system comprising a modified Serving Gateway and Packet Data Network Gateway (SGW/PGW) configured to:
- receive a request to allocate an IMS Access Point Name (APN);
- in response to receiving the request to allocate the IMS APN, trigger an initial provisioning of a subscriber profile for the subscriber;
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- install a set of supplementary services for the subscriber during a registration procedure which uses the subscriber profile.
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-readable instructions for causing a processor to perform operations for provisioning a subscriber profile into a subscriber data store of an IP Multimedia System (IMS) capable telecommunications network, the subscriber profile being for a subscriber which is a visiting subscriber with respect to the IMS-capable telecommunications network, the subscriber data store being for use in IP Multimedia System (IMS) call processing, the operations comprising:
- receiving, by a modified Serving Gateway and Packet Data Network Gateway (SGW/PGW), a request to allocate an IMS Access Point Name (APN);
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- in response to receiving the request to allocate the IMS APN, triggering, by the modified SGW/PGW, a provisioning of the subscriber profile into the subscriber data store by transmitting a notification to the VLR AS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.