Global-to-Local Profile Controller for Subscriber Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile cellular networks face challenges in managing and coordinating local networks, leading to inefficiencies in resource allocation and subscriber service delivery, as they lack insight into subscriber activities beyond their global network scope.
Innovation Solution
A global-to-local profile controller system that associates a global subscriber profile with local networks, allowing for the exchange of information based on proximity, enabling registration, deregistration, and pre-registration of users across various local networks, thereby optimizing resource access and service delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If mobile cellular networks operate as traditional wide area networks with centralized profile management, then network control and security are maintained, but the service provider lacks insight into subscriber activities on local networks and cannot deliver targeted services
Solution Approach 1:
The profile is segmented into global profile data (maintained by service provider) and local profile data (stored on user equipment). This segmentation allows the service provider to maintain security and control while enabling local networks to access relevant subscriber information for targeted service delivery without requiring full profile visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The user equipment acts as an intermediary that stores and manages both global and local profile data. It facilitates the exchange of information between the service provider's global network and local networks, enabling service providers to gain insight into subscriber activities without directly managing local network infrastructure.
2Productivity
If local networks operate independently without coordination with service providers, then local resource allocation is efficient, but service providers cannot optimize service delivery or manage subscriber access across networks
Solution Approach 1:
The dual-profile system serves multiple functions: it enables local networks to operate autonomously with local optimization while simultaneously allowing service providers to maintain global coordination and subscriber management. The same user equipment profile structure supports both independent local operations and coordinated global service delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
Subscriber profiles are pre-configured with both global and local components before the subscriber accesses local networks. This preliminary setup enables seamless coordination between service providers and local networks from the outset, allowing optimized service delivery without requiring complex real-time negotiations or manual coordination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If subscribers access multiple local networks with different profile requirements, then service customization is improved, but profile management and synchronization become complex
Solution Approach 1:
The profile system adds a local dimension to the traditional global profile model. Instead of a single-dimensional global profile, the system uses a two-dimensional structure with global profile data and local profile data. This dimensional expansion enables service customization across multiple local networks while maintaining a manageable profile structure through clear separation of concerns.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, associating a global-to-local network profile with a user profile of a first communications network and detecting a number of local networks managed separately from the first communications network. The local networks include local user profiles, wherein access to resources of a local network is based on credentials available by way of a local user profile associated with the user. A location of the user is determined and a proximity of the user to a first local network is determined based on the location of the user. Information is transferred between the global-to-local network profile and a local user profile based on the proximity of the user to the first local network, wherein the transferring of the information supports a registration status of the user with the first local network of the plurality of local networks. Other embodiments are disclosed.