Custom Network Name Generation via MCC MNC Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current telecommunications network signalling systems are not designed to accommodate multiple parties, making it impossible to dynamically modify and customize telecommunication signal values such as network names, especially in high-altitude coverage scenarios like aircraft, where multiple parties are involved in providing the network infrastructure.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that extracts the mobile country code and mobile network code from user equipment devices to produce custom mobility management information messages, allowing dynamic setting of network names based on these codes, enabling different network names for users associated with different home public land mobile networks, while maintaining hardware interoperability with existing standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current telecommunications network signalling systems are used, then hardware interoperability is maintained, but the system cannot accommodate multiple parties or dynamically modify network names
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobility management entity as an intermediary component that sits between the existing telecommunications network and the user equipment. This mediator extracts MCC/MNC identifiers from signalling messages and dynamically determines which network name to present to users, enabling multi-party accommodation without modifying core network infrastructure or user device hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the parameter of network name presentation dynamically based on user characteristics. By extracting MCC/MNC parameters from signalling messages and using them to select appropriate network names from a set of possible names, the system adapts the network identification parameter to different users and scenarios while maintaining standard signalling protocols.
2Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic network name modification is implemented, then network name management is improved, but the number of custom messages required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary extraction and processing of MCC/MNC identifiers when location update requests are received. The mobility management entity pre-determines which network name should be presented based on the extracted identifiers before the actual network name delivery, avoiding the need for complex real-time message generation and reducing the burden on subsequent signalling exchanges.
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AI summary
An apparatus for controlling telecommunication signalling, comprising: a user equipment interface configured to send an identify request to a user equipment device in response to receiving a request to update location and to subsequently receive an identify response from the user equipment device; and control logic configured to extract and identify the mobile country code and the mobile network code of the user equipment device from the identify response. The control logic is further configured to set one or more network name entries in a mobility management information message, based on the identified mobile country code and mobile network code of the user equipment device, to produce a custom mobility management information message. The user equipment interface is further configured to forward the custom mobility management information message to the user equipment device.