Method and system for ensuring service continuity in case of a proxy profile gateway failure or interruption

摘要

Aspects of the present invention relate to methods, systems and computer products that guarantee the availability of basic services to subscribers during the failure of a Proxy-Profile Gateway. An independent module equipped with monitoring probes for tracking the actual location of the end-customer, an interface for controlling the Gateway availability, and an active SS7 signaling interface are also provided, in order to initiate the recovery procedures, along with a database for storing the relevant information necessary to apply the restoration procedures.

主权项

1. A method for ensuring restoration of Mobile-Originated (MO) and Mobile-Terminated (MT) services to an end-user of a network operator upon failure of a Proxy Profile Gateway, the method comprising:
determining a failure of the Proxy Profile Gateway, the failure rendering the Proxy Profile Gateway unavailable; tracking, by a Proxy Saver, an actual location of the end-user by monitoring roaming signaling links between the Proxy Profile Gateway and all network end nodes; removing, based on the tracking, the end-user from a list of end-users identified for restoration of MO and MT services when the restoration is no longer necessary based on a mobile-initiated procedure; initiating restoration of MT and MO services to the end-user based on refreshing the actual location of the end-user in a stored profile at the Proxy Profile Gateway; and monitoring the initiated restoration.