Patent ID: 7697935
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a second network, a transfer initiation message for a user equipment from a first network, the second network providing resources to a plurality of operators; selecting, by the second network, an operator for the user equipment from the plurality of operators; providing a controller of the second network with information regarding identity of the selected operator; transferring the user equipment to the second network; determining, in the controller of the second network, whether the user equipment supports sharing of network resources; sending, by the controller of the second network, information regarding the identity of the selected operator to the user equipment, via an air interface, subsequent to detection that the user equipment supports sharing of network resources, sending, by the controller of the second network, a default identity to the user equipment, via the air interface, subsequent to detection that the user equipment does not support sharing of network resources, and receiving by a core network controller, from the user equipment, the identity of the selected operator via an access network controller in an ‘Initial Direct Transfer’ message.