Patent ID: 9191803
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing, by a network device, steering data pertaining to steering of roaming users; receiving, by the network device, a request for subscriber data pertaining to a roaming user seeking to attach to a visited network, wherein the request includes a user identifier that identifies the roaming user; calculating, by the network device, a steering of roaming decision in response to receiving the request, wherein the calculating comprises: transmitting, by the network device, a response that indicates to accept the visited network in response to a calculation indicating to accept the visited network as the network to which the roaming user can attach; and transmitting, by the network device, a response that indicates to deny the visited network in response to a calculation indicating to deny the visited network as the network to which the roaming user can attach, and wherein the steering data includes historical data that indicates connection states between a Diameter agent of an internetwork and Diameter agents of visited networks, wherein the visited networks include the visited network, and wherein the calculating further comprises calculating the steering of roaming decision based on the historical data.