METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING LTE ROAMING BETWEEN HOME AND VISITED OPERATORS

摘要

Example methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for enabling and facilitating roaming of subscribers of a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN) equipped with Long-Term Evolution (LTE) devices into LTE access network of a Visited Public Mobile Network (VPMN) under certain circumstances that are not supported by specifications promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) or the Global System for Mobile Association (GSMA). For example, a method for managing mobile device roaming is presented that includes receiving, at a gateway associated with the VPMN, a request message from an LTE device associated with the HPMN, wherein the request message requests wireless access to an LTE access network associated with the VPMN, enabling, at the gateway, registration of the LTE device to the LTE access network associated with the VPMN, and
providing, at the gateway, an Internet Protocol (IP) connection to the LTE device.

主权项

1. A method for managing mobile device roaming, comprising:
receiving, at a gateway associated with a Visited Public Mobile Network (VPMN), a request message from a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) device associated with a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN), wherein the request message requests wireless access to an LTE access network associated with the VPMN; enabling, at the gateway, registration of the LTE device to the LTE access network associated with the VPMN; providing, at the gateway, an Internet Protocol (IP) connection to the LTE device.