WO2000056112A1 - Procede et appareil de production automatique de profil d'abonne - Google Patents

Procede et appareil de production automatique de profil d'abonne Download PDF

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WO2000056112A1
WO2000056112A1 PCT/SE2000/000330 SE0000330W WO0056112A1 WO 2000056112 A1 WO2000056112 A1 WO 2000056112A1 SE 0000330 W SE0000330 W SE 0000330W WO 0056112 A1 WO0056112 A1 WO 0056112A1
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Steven Rochefort
Oscar Blanco-Matilla
Justo Sulleiro-Corpening
Mylene Lefebvre
Harald Werner Richter
Philippe Belanger
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/02—Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
    • H04W8/08—Mobility data transfer
    • H04W8/12—Mobility data transfer between location registers or mobility servers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/18—Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

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  • the present invention relates in general to the generation and maintenance of subscriber profiles, and more particularly, to the dynamic generation and maintenance of subscriber profiles between two separate networks having differing technologies.
  • a mobile subscriber may roam between service areas of different networks.
  • Various techniques have been developed to enable a mobile subscriber to continue being provided with mobile telephone services once they have left their home service area.
  • the mobile station attempts to register with the servicing MSC for the area by transmitting an associated identification number known as the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number or mobile identification number (MIN).
  • IMSI international mobile subscriber identity
  • MIN mobile identification number
  • the serving MSC communicates with the home location register associated with the mobile station using the received IMSI/MIN. This communication is to inform the HLR of the mobile station's new location and to receive requisite subscriber information from the HLR necessary to provide mobile services to the newly registering mobile station.
  • One of the problems involves the use of user profiles between networks utilizing different technologies.
  • Current implementations of inter-technology roaming require that dual profiles for mobile subscribers be provisioned.
  • One profile resides within the HLR of the user's home network and another profile resides within the roaming gateway (typically an Interworking Location Register (ILR)) of the network in which the mobile subscriber is presently located.
  • the dual profiles contain information on subscriber services such as call waiting, call forwarding, etc.
  • the use of dual profiles creates a provisioning problem for system operators who must define two sets of user profiles and insure that the profiles are consistent, i.e., contain the same information.
  • Provisioning of a profile calls for a system operator to define the services and capabilities available to a subscriber in the HLR. It also describes the configuration of network entity information necessary to operate the HLR MSC.
  • some method for providing for dynamic profile creation and management for a user profile in an HLR of a roaming subscriber would greatly assist in the operation of inter-technology roaming.
  • a mobility gateway enables the creation of user profile data between a first network, such as a TDMA network, and a second network, such as a GSM network.
  • a first network such as a TDMA network
  • a second network such as a GSM network.
  • the mobile station When a mobile station of the first network is roaming within the second network, the mobile station initially requests registration of the mobile station to the visitor location register presently serving the mobile station. The request is forwarded to a mobility gateway between the first and second networks.
  • user profile data is extracted from the home location register of the mobile station within the first network. The extracted information is converted into a form useable within the second network, and the newly created user profile is forwarded to the visitor location register of the second network which is presently serving the mobile station.
  • the user profile may be periodically updated in response to generation of a profile update in the first network.
  • This process involves the transmission of an update request message to the mobility gateway and the conversion of the message to a second message for use in the second network.
  • the second message is transmitted to the visitor location register containing the second user profile wherein the profile is updated in response to the message.
  • a response is provided back to the home location register in the first network notifying of completion of the update.
  • FIGURE 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a mobility gateway including the functionality of the present invention between a GSM network and a TDMA network;
  • FIGURE 2 is a table for mapping of a user profile from TDMA to GSM
  • FIGURE 3 is a table for mapping of a user profile from GSM to TDMA
  • FIGURE 4 is a signaling diagram illustrating the manner in which a GSM mobile subscriber in a TDMA network generates a user profile using the mobility gateway;
  • FIGURE 5 is a signaling diagram illustrating a user profile update for a GSM mobile subscriber in a TDMA network
  • FIGURE 6 is a signaling diagram illustrating the generation of a user profile using a mobility gateway for a TDMA subscriber in a GSM network.
  • FIGURE 7 is a signaling diagram illustrating a user profile update for a TDMA subscriber in a GSM network.
  • FIG. 1 there is illustrated a block diagram of a GSM network 10 utilizing a GSM MAP protocol interconnected with a TDMA network 15 using a ANSI-41 protocol through a mobility gateway 20.
  • the GSM network 10 enables subscribers to access telecommunications functionalities utilizing GSM technologies.
  • the TDMA network enables mobile subscribers to access telecommunications functionalities using TDMA technologies.
  • the mobility gateway 20 enables mobile subscribers from the GSM network 20 to roam within the TDMA network 15 and mobile subscribers from the TDMA network to roam within the GSM network 10 while maintaining access to substantially all of the services and functionalities provided to them within their home network.
  • the mobility gateway 20 of the present invention includes an automatic subscriber profile generator functionality 25 that enables dynamic creation of user profiles utilizable by the network into which a mobile subscriber has presently roamed.
  • the automatic profile generation functionality 25 uses a rule based system to map the user services within a profile between standards, to the most appropriate implementation for the system where the subscriber has roamed.
  • FIGURE 2 illustrates a table for mapping from a TDMA system to a GSM system.
  • a particular service described within a user profile in a TDMA system is found in the TDMA portion 31 of the table 30 and the corresponding GSM service is output from the table for use in the profile reflecting the user services within the GSM system.
  • services within a user profile of a GSM system may be found in the GSM portion 32 of a table 30 so that the service may be mapped to the corresponding TDMA equivalent within a TDMA system. In this way, services described within a user profile may be easily mapped from one system to the other by the user profile functionality 25 of the mobility gateway 20.
  • FIGURE 4 there is illustrated a signaling diagram describing registration of a GSM subscriber in a TDMA network wherein a user profile does not presently exist for the roaming GSM subscriber within the TDMA network.
  • a mobile station 38 initially makes a registration access wherein the mobile station attempts to register with the TDMA network by transmitting a registration access message 40 to a TDMA MSC/VLR 42 (the MSC and VLR may be either co-located or separate).
  • the TDMA MSC/VLR 42 transmits a registration notification message 45 to the mobility gateway 20 to request what it believes to be the subscriber's TDMA profile. This triggers generation of a user profile for the mobile station subscriber within the TDMA network.
  • the mobility gateway 20 transmits a location update message 50 to the GSM HLR 52 of the subscriber mobile station 38. Since mobile station information is TDMA in nature, and points to the gateway as a pseudo TDMA HLR. From the view of the GSM HLR 52 the location update message 50 comes from a GSM VLR which the mobility gateway 20 mimics.
  • the GSM HLR 52 next transmits one or more insert subscriber data messages 55 back to the mobility gateway 20.
  • the insert subscriber data messages 55 contain subscriber profile data for insertion within the subscriber profile being created within the mobility gateway 20 and enables the mobility gateway to extract the necessary data for the profile.
  • the subscriber information is converted for insertion into a user profile of a TDMA network using the mapping tables 35 described previously with respect to FIGURE 1.
  • an insert subscriber data result message 60 is transmitted back to the GSM HLR
  • a location update result message 70 is transmitted to the mobility gateway to notify of completion of transmission of the subscriber profile data, and a registration notification return result message 75 is transmitted to the MSC/ VLR 42.
  • the registration notification return result message 75 contains all of the subscriber profile information required by the MSCNLR for the mobile station 38 to operate within a TDMA network. From the view of the TDMA MSCNLR 42, the subscriber data information is being provided by a TDMA HLR (which the mobility gateway 20 mimics) storing the subscriber profile data for the subscriber mobile station 38.
  • the mobile station 38 is transmitted a registration accepted message 80 to notify the mobile station that it has now successfully registered with the TDMA network.
  • the derived profile is maintained in the gateway without the need for subsequent requests to the subscriber' s HLR, until the subscriber returns to the home network.
  • FIGURE 5 there are illustrated the messages necessary for an update of a user profile previously created for a GSM subscriber mobile station 38 roaming within a TDMA network 15.
  • the GSM HLR 52 Upon receipt of a profile update message 85, from either a GSM network operator or a subscriber, by the GSM HLR 52, the GSM HLR 52 transmits an insert/delete subscriber data message 90 to the mobility gateway 20.
  • the mobility gateway 20 converts the requested profile change into a profile change for a TDMA system using the mapping tables 30 discussed previously.
  • a qualification directive message 95 is transmitted to the TDMA MSCNLR 42 presently serving the subscriber mobile station 38 associated with the profile to be changed.
  • the TDMA MSCNLR 42 updates at 100 the user profile associated with the subscriber mobile station 38.
  • a qualification return result message 105 is transmitted back to the mobility gateway 20 to provide notification that the user profile has been properly updated.
  • the mobility gateway 20 notifies the HLR 52 of the completed update using a insert/delete subscriber data result message 110.
  • FIGURE 6 where there is shown a signaling diagram of a TDMA subscriber registering within a GSM network when a user profile is not presently created within the GSM network for the TDMA subscriber.
  • the subscriber mobile station 28 transmits a location update request message 115 to the GSM MSC/VLR 120 (the MSC and VLR may be either co-located or separate) presently serving the subscriber mobile station.
  • the GSM MSCNLR 120 transmits a location update message 125 to the mobility gateway 20 in order to initiate creation of a subscriber profile.
  • the mobility gateway 20 generates a registration notification message 130 to the subscriber mobile station's TDMA HLR 135. From the HLR's 38 point of view the request is coming from a TDMA VLR.
  • the TDMA HLR 135 obtains the user profile information for the subscriber mobile station 38 and transmits this information back to the mobility gateway 20 within a registration notification return result message 140.
  • the mobility gateway 20 Once the necessary profile information has been received by the mobility gateway 20 from the TDMA HLR 135, the mobility gateway generates a subscriber mobile station profile for the GSM network using the profile generation functionality 25. Once the profile has been generated, the mobility gateway 20 transmits insert subscriber data messages 145 to the serving GSM MSCNLR 120 to download the generated subscriber profile data to the VLR. Once the subscriber profile has been completely received by the GSM MSCNLR 120, an insert subscriber data result message 150 is transmitted to the mobility gateway 20 from the GSM MSCNLR 120. After the profile information has been transmitted to the serving GSM MSCNLR 120, an update location result message 155 is transmitted back to the GSM MSCNLR 120.
  • the GSM MSC/VLR 120 notifies the subscriber mobile station 38 of the completed registration using a location update accept message 160.
  • the derived profile is maintained in the gateway without the need for subsequent requests to the subscriber's HLR, until the subscriber returns to the home network.
  • FIGURE 7 there is illustrated the manner for updating a user profile for a presently registered TDMA subscriber mobile station 38 within a GSM network.
  • the process is initiated by a profile change 165 initiated by either the TDMA network operator or the subscriber.
  • the TDMA HLR 135 transmit a qualification directive message 170 to the mobility gateway 20 indicating the changes to be made to the user profile.
  • the profile changes are converted by the profile generation functionality 25 to a form useable by the GSM network.
  • An insert/delete subscriber data message 175 is transmitted from the mobility gateway 20 to the GSM MSCNLR 120 presently serving the subscriber mobile station 38.
  • the insert/delete subscriber data message 175 includes the profile change information.
  • the GSM MSCNLR 120 responds by updating the profile within the MSCNLR with the information contained within the insert/delete subscriber data message 175 at 178.
  • An insert/delete subscriber data result message 180 is transmitted back to the mobility gateway 20 indicating that the necessary changes have been made.
  • the GSM MSCNLR 120 views the mobility gateway as the home location register of the subscriber mobile station 38.
  • the mobility gateway 20 acts as a VLR with respect to the TDMA HLR 135.
  • a qualification directive return result message 185 is transmitted to the TDMA HLR 135 from the mobility gateway 20 to indicate that the profile update has been completed.
  • the mobility gateway 20 enables user profile data to be extracted from the
  • the mobility gateway acts as an HLR to the network into which the subscriber mobile station has roamed and acts as a VLR with respect to the HLR of the home network of the subscriber mobile station. This situation is the same whether a TDMA subscriber has roamed into a GSM network or a GSM subscriber has roamed into a TDMA network.

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Appareil et procédé permettant la production automatique de profil entre un premier réseau (10) et un second réseau (15). Lors d'une demande d'enregistrement d'un enregistreur de localisation pour visiteurs (42) à une passerelle de mobilité (20) entre un premier (10) et un second (15) réseaux, les données de profil d'utilisateur provenant de l'enregistreur de localisation nominal (52) de la station mobile (38) dans le premier réseau (10) sont extraites. Les données de profil d'utilisateur extraites sont converties en une forme destinée à être utilisée à l'intérieur du second réseau (15) et renvoyée à un emplacement de visiteur (42) dans le second réseau (15).
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