US 12,127,088 B2
Over-the-top management in a communication network
Stefan Håkansson, Gothenburg (SE); Hans Mattsson, Mölndal (SE); Linus Andersson, Gothenburg (SE); David Del Peral Chico, Madrid (ES); Alfonso De Jesus Perez Martinez, Madrid (ES); Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Madrid (ES); Rodrigo Alvarez Dominguez, Madrid (ES); Göran Eriksson, Norrtälje (SE); and Marcos Caballero Del Dedo, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/611,698
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Aug. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/072703
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/228968, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19382387 (EP), filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201090 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 67/56 (2022.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/50 (2018.02) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for over-the-top (OTT) management in a communication network, the method comprising:
receiving an application network interaction protocol (ANIP) request for an ANIP service, wherein the ANIP request was transmitted by a client device and the ANIP request is addressed to a global ANIP server;
adding to the received ANIP request a public land mobile network (PLMN) identity, thus creating an extended ANIP request comprising the PLMN identity;
sending the extended ANIP request to the global ANIP server;
receiving an ANIP response message responsive to the extended ANIP request, wherein the ANIP response message was transmitted by the global ANIP server and comprises an address for a local ANIP server; and
sending to the client device the received ANIP response message comprising the address for the local ANIP server.