Centralized Device Registration System for Network Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing number of mobile devices connecting to telecommunications networks poses challenges in identifying and managing unauthorized devices, leading to issues like network interference, congestion, and revenue loss due to unpaid taxes, as existing systems lack a centralized management system to differentiate between authentic and counterfeit devices.
Innovation Solution
A device detection and registration system that includes a centralized identity registration system communicating with local identity systems on mobile network operators, using device identifiers like IMEI, IMSI, or MSISDN to authenticate devices, assign them to whitelists, graylists, or blacklists based on authenticity and payment status, and update their access permissions accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a centralized device registration system is implemented to authenticate devices and manage access rights, then network security and compliance are improved, but system complexity and implementation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into a centralized identity registration system that maintains databases of device identifiers and their access rights, and local identity systems deployed at network operators that execute detection and registration operations. This segmentation allows the complex authentication logic to be centralized while keeping local systems relatively simple, resolving the contradiction between security reliability and system complexity.
2Speed
If device detection and registration operations are performed at local network operators, then response time and access control speed are improved, but data consistency and centralized management become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The local identity systems periodically receive updated database information from the centralized system and can report back on device detection results. This feedback mechanism ensures that local systems operate with current authorization data while maintaining fast local response times, resolving the contradiction between speed and data consistency.
3Reliability
If comprehensive device authentication is performed for all connecting devices, then unauthorized access is reduced, but network congestion and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
Device identifiers are registered and authorized in advance through the centralized system before the devices connect to the network. This preliminary action creates a pre-established authorization framework that allows fast lookup and decision-making during actual connection events, reducing real-time processing overhead while maintaining high access control accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
The system and methods described herein can detect and register devices. One or more processors receive a device identifier of a first device. The device identifier of the first device is authorized responsive to performing a lookup in a first set of databases using the device identifier. The processors receive a record of an event corresponding to the device identifier, the record including the device identifier, a first value associated with the device identifier, and a first event identifier identifying the event. The processors store a first entry identifying the device identifier, the first value, the first event identifier, a specification of the first device, and a first status indicating the first device is authorized. The processors assign the device identifier of the first device to a first group of the plurality of groups. The processors provide data corresponding to the first device and the first status.