Patent ID: 9572011
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for facilitating roaming tests for an operator in a telecommunication network, the method comprising: detecting a location update message of a subscriber to an HLR while switching from a first MSC/VLR to a second MSC/VLR; holding by a value added module, a cancel location message being sent from the HLR to the first MSC/VLR during a period of conducting the roaming tests; and conducting the roaming tests, during a period of time while switching from the first MSC/VLR to the second MSC/VLR, on the first MSC/VLR which is a non-compliant MSC/VLR that does not follow a Restoration Procedure, by the value added module using the subscriber's profile data obtained from the first MSC/VLR.