707 results about "Home subscriber server" patented technology

The invention relates to a home cellular base station (HeNB), comprising a radio interface (RI), to communicate with a user equipment (UE), a local interface (LI), to communicate with a local gateway (L-GW) providing access to a local IP network, a user plane interface (S1-U), to communicate with a serving gateway (SGW), and a control plane interface (S1-MME), to communicate with a control node (MME). The home cellular base station (HeNB) further comprises a selection module (SelMod) set to obtain a first correlation ID for enabling a direct user plane path between the home cellular base station (HeNB) and the local gateway (L-GW), the first correlation ID being obtained via the control plane interface (S1-MME) upon each establishment of a bearer providing access to the local IP network.

The invention also relates to a control node (MME), to a home subscriber server (HSS), to a direct path enablement method, and to a PDN management method.

Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for monitoring UE reachability in a wireless communication system. A method for monitoring UE reachability may include receiving, by a Mobility Management Entity, a monitoring request message for UE reachability including a maximum response time from a Home Subscriber Server, detecting, by the MME, the UE reachability if it is expected that paging is able to be transmitted to UE when extended Discontinuous Reception is applied to the UE, and sending, by the MME, a UE reachability notification to a Service Capability Exposure Function before a next paging occasion of the UE, wherein the maximum response time may indicate a time during which the UE maintains a reachable state so that downlink data is reliably delivered to the UE, and wherein an occasion when the UE reachability notification is transmitted may be determined by taking into consideration the maximum response time.

A method for supporting a communication service of an idle mode terminal located in a common routing area in a mobile communication system that includes a Node B, an Access Gateway (AGW), and a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and has a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network and a 3^rd Generation (3G) network connected to each other to perform transmission/reception. The AGW receives tracking area information of the LTE network, including routing area information of the 3G network, from the idle mode terminal via the Node B. The AGW sends common routing area indication information and identification information of the terminal to the HSS if the routing area information is coincident with the tracking area information. The HSS stores the common routing area indication information and the identification information of the terminal, and sends a response message according to the indication information.

A method of setting up a call between first and second nodes of a communication system, said call extending across at least one circuit switched access network and a packet switched backbone network, the networks being interconnected by at least one Media Gateway. The method comprises, at a control node, obtaining ftoin a Home Subscriber Server the identity of a Media Gateway Control Function controlling that Media Gateway which will terminate the call within the circuit switched access network. The first node calls an access number notified to it by the Media Gateway Control Function, and as part of the call set-up procedure the identity of the Media Gateway selected to terminate the call is communicated to the Media Gateway Control Function.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a trunk communication system, a server and a communication method. The trunk communication system in the embodiment of the invention comprises a trunk application server, a home subscriber server, a signaling access and intercommunication gateway, a group management function module and a media resource processing module, wherein the trunk application server is used for receiving a call request of a first subscriber terminal forwarded by the signaling access and intercommunication gateway and transmitting a query message to the trunk management function module after determining that the call request is group call service; the group management function module is used for querying corresponding group information according to the query message; the trunk application server is also used for indicating the media resource processing module to establish carrier for the first subscriber terminal and other group members in the group information after receiving a return message of the group information and initiating a session setup request to the other group members in the group information. According to the embodiment of the invention, logic entity partitioning and system allocation are performed on an MCPTT (Mission Critical Push To Talk) frame to facilitate trunk delay optimization.

A network system provides IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) service from a network service provider to a customer. A plurality of network elements are connected to form a core domain of the network service provider. A master IMS instance is configured within the core domain and includes a core call session control function (CSCF) and a core home subscriber server (HSS). A partitioned IMS instance is configured as a virtual core within the core domain and includes a partitioned CSCF and a customer HSS accessible by a user of the customer from outside the core domain. A virtual IMS service control interface is coupled between the master IMS instance and the partitioned IMS instance so that the partitioned CSCF has access to the core CSCF for transfer of media.

A home subscriber server (400) receives a request for authentication information from an authentication server (300) and transforms cryptographic keys for a user equipment (100) into access specific cryptographic keys based on an identity of an authenticator (200) controlling access from the user equipment (100) to an EPS network, and generates the authentication information including the access specific cryptographic keys and a separation indicator which is set. The user equipment (100) checks whether the separation indicator included in the authentication information is set, and if the separation indicator is set, transforms cryptographic keys into access specific cryptographic keys based on the identity of the authenticator (200), and computes a key specific to an authentication method from the access specific cryptographic keys.

A service triggering system and method for performing service triggering in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem based on any message upon a call setup request in an IMS network are provided, in which a call session control function (CSCF) processes service triggering based on all messages, to which filter criteria (FC) information required for the service triggering is applied, upon a call setup, a home subscriber server (HSS) provides the filter criteria to the call session control function upon registration of a subscriber, an application server performs a call processing for providing a transcoding service, when an originating user equipment and a terminating user equipment use different codecs, and a media resource function performs a transcoding operation in accordance with different codecs between the originating user equipment and the terminating user equipment.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and relevant apparatuses for supporting addressing by a user static Internet Protocol (IP) address in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The method includes: when a user attaches to a network, downloading, by a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), user subscription data including a user static IP address and information of a corresponding Access Point Name (APN) to a Mobility Management Entity (MME); sending, by the MME, the user static IP address and the information of the corresponding APN to a Serving Gateway (S-GW) through a Create Default Bearer Request message; sending, by the S-GW, the user static IP address, the information of the corresponding APN and an address of an S-GW serving the user to a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) corresponding to the APN which corresponds to the user static IP address; and establishing, by the P-GW, a default bearer according to the user static IP address, the information of the corresponding APN and the address of the S-GW serving the user. The present invention solves the packet data addressing problem of the user static IP address in a simple manner. The procedure is simple and convenient for use and has better applicability.

A method and apparatus for blocking unwanted messages (spam) in a telecommunications network. A location server of the network stores black lists of message sources which are known or believed to be generators of spam messages, or sources from which a particular destination does not wish to receive messages. When a location inquiry is made to a location server, such as a home location register (HLR) of a mobile network or a home subscriber server (HSS) of an Internet Protocol network, wherein is stored a table of sources which have been black listed because they are believed to be sources of spam messages. Advantageously, this arrangement avoids use of network resources to make extensive checks to identify spam messages.

The present invention provides a method for reducing the load on Home Subscriber Server (HSS)'s interface. After receiving a request message from Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) comprising the request for storing the name of the S-CSCF and for downloading the user's subscription information, HSS first stores the name of S-CSCF in the request message, then returns to the S-CSCF a response message comprising the user's subscription information. This invention simplifies the steps of inquiring about the user's subscription information, optimizes the service procedure, and reduces the load on HSS's interface. In addition, when receiving the inquiry message from I-CSCF, HSS returns directly to I-CSCF response message comprising the S-CSCF name and the S-CSCF capability information set that has the capability to meet the most strict service subscription requirement of the UE, further reducing the load on HSS's interface. This invention has no impact on the existing network architecture and services, nor is it needed to modify the existing interface specifications, thus being highly compatible and extendable.

A method and apparatus for controlling inter-PLMN handover based on CSG lists of equivalent PLMNs is provided. A method for receiving subscriber information of a terminal at a Mobility Management Entity (MME) includes transmitting an update location request message for the terminal to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and receiving an update location acknowledgement message with the subscriber information of the terminal from the HSS, wherein the update location request message comprises a list of equivalent Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) among which the MME supports inter-PLMN handover of the terminal. The method and apparatus for controlling inter-plan handover to a CSG cell according to the present invention is characterized in that a control apparatus of a core network acquires the allowed CSG lists for determining a User Equipments (UEs) capability of access to a CSG cell and determines whether to permit inter-PLMN handover based on the allowed CSG lists.

The present invention provides a method involving a mobile unit that is registered with a home subscription server. The method includes determining, at the home subscription server, a time interval during which the mobile unit is prohibited from registering for call sessions. The method also includes transmitting, from the home subscription server to a call session control function, a deregistration message instructing the call session control function to deregister the mobile unit during the time interval.

The embodiment of this invention provides a communication system and a method, a home base station gateway and a home subscriber server, which can solve the problem that the home base is not led into the current communication system. The communication system includes a home base station, a communication system. The communication system includes a home base station, a third party network and a home base station gateway. The home base station is used for communicating with the home base station gateway through a first address; the first address is used for uniquely determining the home base in the third party network; the third party network is used for connecting the home base station and the home base station gateway; the home base station gateway is used for using the home base station and a second address to communicate with the other nodes in the communication network; the second address is used for uniquely determining the home base station in the communication network. The embodiment of this invention describes the condition that the home base is accessed into the grouping data network so as to completely develop the function of the home base station.

The embodiment of the invention, which relates to the wireless communication technology field, discloses a method, a system and equipment for authentication, so that a problem of how to carry out authentication between a terminal and an access point (AP) device can be solved. According to the invention, a terminal sends identification information of the terminal to an AP device; the AP device sends an authentication request carrying the identification information of the terminal to a home subscriber server (HSS) through gateway (GW) equipment; the HSS determines a root key that is arranged for the terminal corresponding to the terminal identification in advance; according to the root key and an authentication and key agreement (AKA) algorithm, an AKA authentication vector is obtained by calculation; the AKA authentication vector is sent to the AP device through GW equipment; and the AP device sends the AKA authentication vector to the terminal and the terminal uses the AKA algorithm to carry out verification on the AKA authentication vector and determines whether the AP device is legal or not according to the verification result. Therefore, the authentication on the AP device by the terminal is realized.

A Proximity-based Service (ProSe) registration method for a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system, used in a Mobility Management Entity (MME) of the wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes: receiving an attach request or a tracking area update request for requesting ProSe UE registration from the UE; retrieving ProSe subscription information and ProSe preference settings related to the UE from a home subscriber server (HSS) of the wireless communication system and storing the ProSe subscription information and the ProSe preference settings related to the UE as a ProSe context of the UE; and transmitting a ProSe registration request including a ProSe identifier of the UE and the ProSe preference settings related to the UE to a ProSe server of the wireless communication system.

The present invention is to provide a home subscriber server configuration method and system that is accessible in switching to any one of plural HSS servers in a redundant configuration. Information stored in such plural HSS servers (e.g., HSS-A server 40A and HSS-B server 40B) are synchronized as identical information. When an interrogation for a particular HSS server to be accessed from the I-CSCF server 30 or the S-CSCF server 21 is received, the access information for the plural HSS servers 40A, 40B corresponding to the interrogation is returned after rearranging to the predetermined order of priority to the I-CSCF server 30 or the S-CSCF server 21 from which the inquiry is originated. If no response is received from either one of the HSS servers returned from the SLF server 50 within a predetermined time after the access or if no response is received to the resend operations, the I-CSCF server 30 or the S-CSCF server 21 selects the next HSS server from the plural HSS servers and gains access to such HSS server after switching thereto.

The invention discloses a method for determining and regulating group calling region information. The method is applied to a broad band digital trunking communication system based on a time division long term evolution (TD-LTE) technology. The method comprises the following steps that: a group user starts up to execute an attachment process so as to report position information of the group user to an enhanced mobile management entity (eMME); the eMME transmits the received position information to an enhanced home subscriber server (eHSS); the eHSS stores the received position information and forms the group calling region information of the group by using the position information of all the group users belonging to the same group; and the eMME determines that the position information of the group user is changed and informs the eHSS of updating the stored group calling region information. By the method, the group users in various states can be guaranteed to be added into the group calling.

The invention discloses a system for achieving network backward compatibility, which comprises a policy and charging rule function entity PCRF, a home subscriber server HSS, an evolved mobile switch center EMSC and an evolved media gateway EMGW. The invention also discloses an adhesion method, which comprises the following steps: transmitting an adhesion request message by a UE to a target MME, and transmitting an updated position confirmation message to the target MME by the HHS after the target MME executes authorization and position updating according to the service state of the UE; acquiring the address information of a target eMSC by the UE, and initially adhering on the target eMSC; and updating a tracking region and the position of the UE if the MME and the eMSC for providing the service change, and reattaching to a new target MME and a new eMSC. The invention also discloses a de-adhesion method. According to the invention, circuit domain service can be continuously used in an evolved network, and backward compatibility can be achieved, thereby maximally utilizing entities in the conventional circuit domain, ensuring smooth transition of system upgrading and protecting the present investment of operators.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method by means of which a mobility management entity (MME) determines the communication mode of a terminal in a communication system includes the steps of: receiving, from the terminal, an access request including information on the position of the terminal; transmitting a message to a home subscriber server (HSS) on the basis of the received access request; receiving, from the HSS, specific position information for setting a first mode; comparing the information on the position of the terminal with the specific position information; and determining the communication mode of the terminal according to the result of the comparison. According to the present disclosure, the frequent transmission of small amounts of data can be supported in an efficient manner.

The invention provides a determination method for a voice service scheme of a VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) terminal and the VoLTE terminal. The method comprises the following steps: reselecting from a 2G/3G (Two-Generation/Three-Generation) cell to an LTE cell by the VoLTE terminal according to cell signal intensity measured in a preset range; if a reselected LTE cell identity is stored at the VoLTE terminal, transmitting a first position updating request to a mobile management entity MME by the VoLTE terminal, wherein a VoLTE voice service scheme restriction identity is carried in the first position updating request, so an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) unregistration request message of the VoLTE terminal is transmitted to an IMS by a home subscriber server HSS according to the VoLTE voice service scheme restriction identity carried in a first position updating message; receiving, by the VoLTE terminal, an IMS unregistration success response message transmitted by the IMS; determining circuit switched fallback CSFB according to the IMS unregistration success response message to serve as the voice service scheme of the VoLTE terminal to perform the voice service.

A method for identifying whether a selective internet protocol transport opportunity (SIPTO) route is allowed to be used by at least one wireless communication unit comprises, at a core network element: storing subscription profile data associated with the at least one wireless communication unit in a home subscriber server (HSS) database, where the subscription profile data comprises an indication of whether the wireless communication unit has access rights to use a SIPTO route, and generating a SIPTO indicator for informing at least one network element that the at least one wireless communication unit is allowed to use the SIPTO route.

A method of distributing application server addresses in an IP Multimedia Subsystem. Upon allocation of an application server to a subscriber, the allocated or another application server sends at least one application server address to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS). The HSS stores the address(es) in association with the subscriber identity and sends the address(es) to a Serving Call/Session State Control Function (S-CSCF) allocated to the subscriber. The S-CSCF caches the address(es) in association with the subscriber identity and uses the address(es) to send subscriber-related messages to the allocated application server.