Method for registering home routed roaming user equipment with IMS network

1. A method in which a proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) of a home public land mobile network (H-PLMN) registers a roaming user equipment to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network, the method comprising:

receiving, by the P-CSCF, an identifier of a visited public land mobile network (V-PLMN) to which the user equipment is roaming,

wherein the identifier of the V-PLMN is received after a packet data network (PDN) connection for the user equipment is established but before receiving the register message for registration to the IMS network;

receiving, by the P-CSCF, the register message for registration to the IMS network from the user equipment, after receiving the identifier of the V-PLMN;

adding, by the P-CSCF, the identifier of the V-PLMN to a header of the register message; and

transmitting the register message, to which the identifier of the V-PLMN is added, to an interrogating-CSCF (I-CSCF).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the identifier of the V-PLMN comprises:

receiving, by the P-CSCF, a dummy IP packet from a PDN-gateway (P-GW); and

extracting, by the P-CSCF, the identifier of the V-PLMN from the dummy IP packet.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the identifier of the V-PLMN comprises receiving, by a policy and charging rule function (PCRF), the identifier of the V-PLMN from the PCRF by using an Rx reference point for transmitting/receiving a signal between the P-CSRF and the PCRF.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the V-PLMN is received prior to the register message by a PDN-gateway (P-GW) in a process in which the register message transmitted from the user equipment is received via the P-GW.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein when it is determined that the register message is transmitted through a default bearer of the PDN connection, the P-GW delays transmission of the register message, and transmits an identifier of a V-PLMN in advance.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the V-PLMN is transmitted by being comprised in a dummy IP packet,

wherein an indicator for a transmission scheme of the identification of the V-PLMN is comprised in the header of the register message, and

wherein in the adding of the identifier of the V-PLMN to the header of the register message, the identifier of the V-PLMN is extracted from the dummy IP packet based on the indicator, and the extracted identifier of the V-PLMN is added to the header of the register message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the V-PLMN is an identifier for a V-PLMN which is serving the user equipment at a time when the PDN connection is established.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user equipment is roaming to the V-PLMN based on a home routed (HR) scheme by using an S8 reference point for transmitting/receiving a signal between a serving-gateway (S-GW) of the V-PLMN and a PDN-gateway (P-GW) of the H-PLMND.

9. A proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) of a home public land mobile network (H-PLMN) for registering a roaming user equipment to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network, the P-CSCF comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor controlling the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to:

control the transceiver to receive an identifier of a visited public land mobile network (V-PLMN) to which the user equipment is roaming, wherein the identifier of the V-PLMN is received after a packet data network (PDN) connection for the user equipment is established but before receiving the register message for registration to the IMS network;

control the transceiver to receive a register message for registration to the IMS network from the user equipment, after receiving the identifier of the V-PLMN;

add the identifier of the V-PLMN to a header of the register message; and

control the transceiver to transmit the register message, to which the identifier of the V-PLMN is added, to an interrogating-CSCF (I-CSCF).

10. The P-CSCF of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:

control the transceiver to receive a dummy IP packet from a PDN-gateway (P-GW); and

perform a procedure of extracting the identifier of the V-PLMN from the dummy IP packet.

11. The P-CSCF of claim 9 , wherein the processor receives the identifier of the V-PLMN from a policy and charging rule function (PCRF) by using an Rx reference point for transmitting/receiving a signal between the P-CSRF and the PCRF.

12. The P-CSCF of claim 9 , wherein the identifier of the V-PLMN is received prior to the register message by a PDN-gateway (P-GW) in a process in which the register message transmitted from the user equipment is received via the P-GW.

13. The P-CSCF of claim 12 , wherein when it is determined that the register message is transmitted through a default bearer of the PDN connection, the P-GW delays transmission of the register message, and transmits an identifier of a V-PLMN in advance.

14. The P-CSCF of claim 12 , wherein the identifier of the V-PLMN is transmitted by being comprised in a dummy IP packet,

wherein an indicator for a transmission scheme of the identification of the V-PLMN is comprised in the header of the register message, and

wherein the processor extracts the identifier of the V-PLMN from the dummy IP packet based on the indicator, and adds the extracted identifier of the V-PLMN to the header of the register message.

15. The P-CSCF of claim 9 , wherein the identifier of the V-PLMN is an identifier for a V-PLMN which is serving the user equipment at a time when the PDN connection is established.

16. The P-CSCF of claim 9 , wherein the user equipment is roaming to the V-PLMN based on a home routed (HR) scheme by using an S8 reference point for transmitting/receiving a signal between a serving-gateway (S-GW) of the V-PLMN and a PDN-gateway (P-GW) of the H-PLMND.