Patent ID: 11882105
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A computer system for authentication comprising a processor, a memory and input/output circuit, the processor being physically configured according to computer executable instructions for:
determining whether an authentication function operating on an authentication node on a network is not operating;
in response to determining that the authentication function operating on the authentication node on a network is not operating,
communicating a message to a diameter routing agent or traffic handling function on the network that requests of the authentication function on the authentication node be modified;

determining that the authentication function operating on an authentication node on a network is operating
in response to determining that the authentication function operating on the authentication node on a network is operating,
communicating a response message to a diameter routing agent or traffic handling function on the network that requests of the authentication function on the authentication node be modified; and

determining if the age of a previous authorization is above a threshold;
in response to the age of previous authorization being above the threshold,
adding the authorization request to an authorization queue;
waiting for the authorization function to be operating; and
submitting the authorization queue to the authorization function.