Telecom Server Protocol Conversion for QoS Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Third-party service providers in telecommunications networks lack the technical expertise to specify and configure complex network resource parameters using existing protocols like Diameter, complicating access to quality of service functionalities in mobile networks.
Innovation Solution
A method implemented in a telecommunications network server that receives a service provider's identifier, obtains adapted technical parameters from a database, and generates a session initiation request to simplify the interface, allowing the server to enrich the request with necessary parameters, thereby reducing complexity and expertise requirements for the service provider.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the Diameter protocol is used for protocol conversion, then network operator requirements for setting up network resources are met, but third-party service providers cannot easily access the functionality due to lack of technical expertise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary entity (the network operator's server system) that mediates between the service provider's simple XML-based request and the complex Diameter protocol requirements. The service provider sends requests using only service-level parameters without needing to understand Diameter protocol specifics, while the intermediary translates these into appropriate Diameter messages for communication with the PCRF, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and protocol complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified copy or abstraction layer of the Diameter protocol interface through XML-based requests. Instead of requiring service providers to directly implement complex Diameter protocol messages, the system provides a simplified XML template that copies only the essential service parameters needed, eliminating the need for providers to understand the underlying Diameter protocol structure while maintaining compatibility with the network's resource control mechanisms
2Loss of information
If service providers must specify all technical parameters in XML files, then complete information is provided to the network operator, but service providers need extensive technical expertise to understand and configure parameters like guaranteed maximum bitrate
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediary server system performs intelligent mapping between simplified service provider requests and complete network parameters. When a service provider submits an XML request with minimal parameters (such as service type and quality level), the intermediary automatically enriches this information by looking up corresponding technical parameters from predefined profiles or databases, ensuring complete information is transmitted to the network operator without requiring the service provider to manually specify every technical detail
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring parameter mappings, profiles, and default values before service provider requests arrive. The network operator prepares comprehensive parameter sets, service profiles, and mapping rules in advance, so that when service providers submit simplified requests, the system can automatically populate missing technical parameters based on pre-established relationships between service levels and technical configurations, eliminating the need for providers to perform complex configuration tasks
Data Source
AI summary
A method for processing data in a telecommunications network, the method being implemented in a first server of the telecommunications network and comprising the following steps: receiving a first session initiation request from a second server of a service provider, the first request comprising a service provider identifier; obtaining, from the service provider identifier, a set of technical parameters of the network adapted to a quality of service subscribed to by the service provider identified in the first request; generating at least one second session initiation request, the second request comprising the set of adapted technical parameters; transmitting said at least one second session initiation request to at least one resource control server of the telecommunications network.