Telecom Routing Data Retrieval via Regional ENUM Intermediaries
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Solution Overview
Problem
Telecommunication service providers face high costs and regulatory challenges in obtaining global routing data for phone numbers, due to the expense of distributing data across the globe and country-specific regulatory restrictions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that involves a first computing node identifying a data provider capable of providing routing data, determining its availability, and sending a modified query to a second node if necessary, using the ENUM protocol, to efficiently retrieve routing data while considering country-specific policies and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If routing data is distributed to access points across the globe, then service providers can access routing data locally with low latency, but the cost of data distribution becomes prohibitively expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the routing data distribution by organizing access points into regional groups, each served by a regional data provider rather than distributing data globally from a single source. This segmentation allows local/ regional access with reduced distribution costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces regional data providers as intermediaries between the central routing data source and access points. These intermediaries cache and serve routing data locally, reducing the need for global data distribution while maintaining low latency access.
2Adaptability or versatility
If service providers establish network connectivity to data providers in multiple countries, then they can access country-specific routing data, but the complexity of managing global network connectivity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal query mechanism using the ENUM protocol that can be used across all countries and regions. Access points can query routing data for any country through a standardized interface, eliminating the need for country-specific connectivity management while maintaining access to local regulatory requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
Regional data providers act as intermediaries that handle country-specific regulatory requirements and data formats. Access points communicate through a standardized ENUM protocol to these intermediaries, which then retrieve and format appropriate routing data, shielding access points from country-specific complexity.
3Speed
If routing data is cached at access points, then data access speed improves, but the cost of maintaining and updating distributed data stores increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements selective caching where regional data providers cache routing data relevant to their specific regions rather than maintaining complete global routing databases at each access point. This local quality approach optimizes cache size and reduces maintenance costs while maintaining fast access speed for regional routing data.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed to provide routing data associated with a destination phone number to a service provider. The service provider sends a first query to a first computing node of a data provider for routing data associated with a phone number. The first computing node provides the routing data if it is available from the data provider. Otherwise, the first computing node identifies a second data provider that is capable of providing the routing data. The first computing node then obtains the routing data from the second data provider and returns it to the service provider.