Method and apparatus for a distributed roaming master (DRM) in wireless data networks

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a system comprising a processor, configuration data associated with a first distributed roaming master device within a first roaming carrier network that authenticates a user equipment in accordance with profile data associated with the user equipment received from a second distributed roaming master device in a home carrier network of the user equipment, wherein the receiving comprises receiving parameter data indicative of an internet protocol security parameter via a secure sockets layer protocol, and wherein the parameter data comprises timing data indicative of a time period for synchronizing the first distributed roaming master device with a set of distributed roaming server devices that perform a subset of functions performed by the first distributed roaming master device;
• based on the timing data, facilitating, by the system, a synchronization of the first distributed roaming master device and the set of distributed roaming server devices via a set of extensible markup language strings over secure sockets layer messages;
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• employing, by the system, the parameter data to facilitate routing of a data packet, received via the user equipment, between the first distributed roaming master device and a destination device within the home carrier network, wherein the home carrier network comprises a gateway general packet radio service support node device and the routing comprises routing of the data packet independent of communication with the gateway general packet radio service support node device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving, via an authorized device, first timing data associated with a first distributed roaming master device within a first radio access carrier network and a second distributed roaming master device within a second radio access carrier network, wherein the first timing data is indicative of a schedule that specifies when profile data associated with a user equipment is to be downloaded from the second distributed roaming master device to the first distributed roaming master device to facilitate authentication of the user equipment;
• receiving, via the authorized device, parameter data indicative of an internet protocol security parameter comprising receiving second timing data indicative of a time period for synchronizing the first distributed roaming master device with a set of distributed roaming server devices that perform a subset of functions performed by the first distributed roaming master device;
• based on the second timing data, facilitating a synchronization of the first distributed roaming master device and the set of distributed roaming server devices via a set of extensible markup language strings over a set of secure sockets layer messages;
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• facilitating a transmission of the parameter data and the first timing data to the first distributed roaming master device, wherein the second radio access carrier network comprises a gateway general packet radio service support node device and the parameter data is employed by the first distributed roaming master device to facilitate routing of a data packet received from the user equipment to a destination device within the second radio access carrier network by bypassing the gateway general packet radio service support node device.