Negotiating a session personality based at least in part on a roaming agreement

摘要

A method for negotiating a session personality based at least in part on a roaming agreement is provided. The method can include a roaming access network receiving an identifier provided by an access terminal attendant to establishment of a session between the access terminal and the roaming access network. The method can further include the roaming access network using the identifier to determine a home network associated with the access terminal. The method can additionally include the roaming access network determining one or more radio access technology (RAT) versions covered by a roaming agreement between the home network and the roaming access network. The method can also include the roaming access network negotiating a session personality for use in the session based at least in part on the one or more RAT versions covered by the roaming agreement.

主权项

1. A method for negotiating a session personality based at least in part on a roaming agreement, the method comprising a roaming access network:
receiving a hardware identifier (HardwareID) provided by an access terminal attendant to establishment of a session between the access terminal and the roaming access network, the HardwareID, being provided by the access terminal during a session setup phase of session establishment in which a Unicast Access Terminal Identifier (UATI) for the session is assigned to the access terminal by the roaming access network; using the HardwareID, to determine a home network associated with the access terminal; determining one or more radio access technology (RAT) versions covered by roaming agreement between the home network and the roaming access network prior to negotiating the session personality in a session negotiation phase of session establishment; negotiating the session personality with the access terminal during the session negotiation phase based at least in part on the one or more RAT versions covered by the roaming agreement; and performing session authentication after completion of the session negotiation phase.