METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE BASED ACCESS POINT NAME (APN) SELECTION

摘要

A PROCEDURE IS PROVIDED WHEREIN A SERVING GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICE (GPRS) SUPPORT NODE (SGSN) ENABLES A MOBILE STATION TO ACCESS POINT NAME (APN) TO WHICH THE MOBILE STATION (10) IS NOT SUBSCRIBED WHEREIN THE SGSN (14) MAKES A DETERMINATION IF THE REQUESTED PACKET DATA PROTOCOL AND APN RECEIVED FROM THE MOBILE STATION ARE THE SAME AS THOSE TO WHICH THE MOBILE STATION IS SUBSCRIBED. IN THE EVENT THAT THE MOBILE STATION (10) IS NOT SUBSCRIBED TO THE PDP TYPE AND REQUESTED APN, THE SGSN (14) INFORMS THE MOBILE THAT APN REQUESTED IS NOT AUTHORIZED AND IF THE MOBILE STATION DESIRES TO CONTINUE IT MUST AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND TO PROVIDE CREDIT (OR DEBIT) CARD INFORMATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE REQUESTED APN.(FIG 1)