Patent ID: 9668120
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A mobile switching center-visitor location register (MSC-VLR) of a wireless telecommunications network having a home location register (HLR), at least a second MSC-VLR and a plurality of mobiles, the MSC-VLR comprising: a network interface unit configured to communicate with the network; and a processing unit that is in communication with the network interface unit, the processing unit being configured to, in response to the second MSC-VLR going out of service, produce a bulk re-registration message that is sent to the HLR through the network from the network interface unit, the bulk re-registration message identifying the second MSC-VLR to the HLR and causing the HLR to re-register at least two mobiles, which are registered in the HLR for the second MSC-VLR, to the MSC-VLR.