Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention provide a mechanism to utilize IMS media security mechanisms in a CS network and, thereby, provide end-to-end media security in the case where the media traffic travels across both a CS network and a PS network.
Abstract:
A method of delivering an application key or keys to an application server for use in securing data exchanged between the application server and a user equipment, the user equipment accessing a communications network via an access domain. The method comprises running an Authentication and Key Agreement procedure between the user equipment and a home domain in order to make keying material available to the user equipment and to an access enforcement point. At least a part of said keying material is used to secure a communication tunnel between the user equipment and the access enforcement point, and one or more application keys are derived within the home domain using at least part of said keying material. Said application key(s) is(are) provided to said application server, and the same application key(s) derived at the user equipment, wherein said access enforcement point is unable to derive or have access to said application key(s).
Abstract:
An IMS system includes an IMS initiator user entity. The system includes an IMS responder user entity that is called by the initiator user entity. The system includes a calling side S-CSCF in communication with the caller entity which receives an INVITE having a first protection offer and parameters for key establishment from the caller entity, removes the first protection offer from the INVITE and forwards the INVITE without the first protection offer. The system includes a receiving end S-CSCF in communication with the responder user entity and the calling side S-CSCF which receives the INVITE without the first protection offer and checks that the responder user entity supports the protection, inserts a second protection offer into the INVITE and forwards the INVITE to the responder user entity, wherein the responder user entity accepts the INVITE including the second protection offer and answers with an acknowledgment having a first protection accept. A method for supporting a call by a telecommunications node.
Abstract:
A method of ensuring that a currently reachable contact address is registered for a user terminal within an IP Multimedia Subsystem, the method comprising registering a first contact address for said terminal with the IP Multimedia Subsystem, subsequently determining on a network side that said terminal is no longer reachable via said first contact address, and as a consequence of such a determination, registering on the network side a second reachable contact address on behalf of the user terminal, with the IP Multimedia Subsystem.
Abstract:
A method for improving session continuity for a terminal (204`) in a serving communication network (202`) distinct from a home communication network (200`) of the terminal (204`), wherein the serving communication network (202`) comprises a session transfer node (208`) for transferring sessions each comprising signaling data and media data from a first access network (210`) of the serving communication network (202`) to a second access network (212`) of the serving communication network (202`) comprises the following: Routing signaling data of a session of the terminal (204`) between the first access network (210`) and the home communication network (200`) via the session transfer node (208`) in the serving communication network (202`), receiving a session transfer request requesting the transfer of the session from the first access network (210`) to the second access network (212`) for the terminal (204`), and transferring the session from the first access network (210`) to the second access network (212`), and routing the signaling data of the session of the terminal (204`) between the second access network (210`) and the home communication network (200`) via the session transfer node (208`).
Abstract:
A system, method, and nodes for managing shared security keys between a User Equipment, UE, an authentication node such as an SCF/NAF, and a service node such as a BM-SC or AS. The SCF/NAF allocates to each BM-SC, a different SCF/NAF identifier such as a fully qualified domain name, FQDN, from the FQDN space the SCF/NAF administers. The SCF/NAF then locally associates these allocated FQDNs with the connected BM-SCs and with different services. The network sends the correct FQDN to the UE in a service description for a desired service, and the UE is able to derive a security key using the FQDN. When the UE requests the desired service, the SCF/NAF is able to associate the service identifier with the correct FQDN and an associated BM-SC. The SCF/NAF uses the FQDN to obtain the security key from a bootstrapping server and sends it to the associated BM-SC.As a result, the UE and the associated BM-SC share a specific security key.
Abstract:
A method of facilitating access to services of an IP Multimedia Subsystem,by users groups that require alternative handling in relation to the standard handling of IP Multimedia Subsystemusers. Functioning instructions are added to the user group s subscription maintained in the IP Multimedia Subsystem, instructing nodes in the IP Multimedia Subsystemto adapt their standard functioning for this specific group of users. The instructionsin a subscription of a specific user group, providea node of the IP Multimedia Subsystemthat does no longer need to be specific for certain types of users,but has a standard way of operation,that is modified by instructions for dedicated operation for only that specific user group. In further aspect embodiments are disclosed providing improved solutions for known problems of IP Multimedia Subsystems making use of functioning instructions included in the subscription.
Abstract:
The invention relates to session control in an IMS domain of a communications network and more particularly to techniques for performing session transfer in an IMS control node (SCC AS) for controlling centralized services in an IMS domain. One embodiment of an SCC AS (200) may be adapted to store, for each of a plurality of ongoing communication sessions, a session information item (218) comprising a user identity (222) identifying a user device involved in the session and a first identifier (216) of the user device in a CS domain of the communications network, wherein the user identity is associated with multiple user devices and the first identifier comprises at least one of an MSISDN (216), an IMSI, and a GRUU.
Abstract:
A method of registering a subscriber in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is provided, wherein the method is executed by a call control node (800), wherein the method comprises receiving (402) an access request of the subscriber for circuit switched accessing the IMS, the access request being received via an access, determining (404) an access type of the access, and sending (406) a registration request for circuit switched registering the subscriber in the IMS depending on the determined access type.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for use in a communications network whereby an Instance Identifier (ID) is created to uniquely identify a device such as a mobile device or User Equipment (UE) in the communications network.