Telecom Handover Allowlist for Device Capability Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
As network operators transition to newer generations of radio access technologies (RATs) like 5G, older wireless devices may become incompatible with these new networks, leading to issues with accessing essential services such as emergency calling.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing device connections in telecommunications networks, which involves receiving handover connection requests from wireless devices, requesting an allowlist from a database, determining the device's capabilities based on the request and allowlist, and performing denial operations if the device is not capable of performing required communication techniques.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If network operators shut down older RAT networks (2G/3G) and migrate to newer RATs (5G), then network modernization and service quality are improved, but compatibility with older wireless devices is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary capability verification by checking device capabilities against the allowlist before allowing network access. This prevents incompatible devices from connecting to the modernized network, ensuring service quality while providing a clear rejection mechanism for unsupported devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary allowlist mechanism that mediates between the modernized network and diverse devices. The allowlist acts as a filter that permits only compatible devices to access the network, resolving the contradiction between network modernization and device compatibility.
2Ease of operation
If the network accepts all handover requests without verification, then device connectivity is maintained, but incompatible devices may access services they cannot properly utilize
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by verifying device capabilities against the allowlist and providing rejection responses to incompatible devices. This feedback mechanism ensures that only devices capable of proper service utilization are granted connectivity, maintaining both ease of operation for compatible devices and service reliability.
3Reliability
If the network implements strict capability verification using an allowlist, then service reliability is improved, but the complexity of network management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system reduces management complexity by using a self-service allowlist mechanism where device compatibility is predetermined and stored. Network operators only need to maintain the allowlist, while the automatic verification process handles capability checking, reducing the need for complex real-time assessment systems.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and process nodes for managing device connections in a first telecommunications network perform and/or comprise: receiving a handover connection request from a wireless device via a second telecommunications network; requesting an allowlist from a database associated with the first telecommunications network; determining, based on a content of the handover connection request and the allowlist, whether the wireless device is capable of performing a communication technique associated with the first telecommunications network; and in response to a determination that the wireless device is not capable of performing the communication technique, performing a denial operation with regard to the wireless device.