Method, apparatus and computer program product for improving resource reservation in session initiation

摘要

There are provided measures for resource reservation improvement in session initiation. Such measures for resource reservation improvement may for example comprise receiving a session initiation request of a user, determining an authentication type of the user, detecting, in the received session initiation request, an absence of authentication data required for an authentication in accordance with the determined authentication type of the user, and preventing a resource reservation for the requested session initiation.

主权项

1. A method comprising
receiving a session initiation request of a user, determining an authentication type of the user, comprising,
storing an authentication type parameter indicating a specific authentication type in conjunction with user registration data of the user, andchecking, when retrieving the user registration data of the user, whether or not the authentication type parameter is present, detecting, in the received session initiation request, an absence of authentication data required for an authentication in accordance with the determined authentication type of the user, and preventing a resource reservation for the requested session initiation in response to the detected absence of authentication data by predetermining a refusal of the requested session by based on the absence of authentication data and avoiding a superfluous message exchange for resource reservation; wherein said preventing a resource reservation comprises skipping a resource reservation procedure with a gateway function; and wherein said resource reservation comprises allocating and/or removing traffic pinholes at said gateway function.