Apparatus, and associated method, for providing an instance identifier to a network database node of a mobile network

摘要

Apparatus, and an associated method, for an IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) mobile network to transfer an IMEI or IMEISV to an equipment ID register (26). A SIP, or other IP-based, message including the IMEI or IMEISV of a user equipment (12) is converted by a protocol converter (38) embodied at an application server (22) into a MAP or DIAMETER message. A forwarder (42) forwards on the MAP or DIAMETER message to EIR (26).