Patent ID: 6810250
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of providing roaming services for global roaming subscribers in third generation mobile telecommunication networks having a GLR(Gateway Location Register), HLR(Home network Location Register) and VLR(Visitor Location Register) in which the GLR and VLR are stored with subscriber information about a terminal, which is roamed from the home network to a visitor network, to provide the roamed terminal with same services in the visitor network as in the home network, the method comprising:transmitting location register information from the roamed terminal to the GLR of the visitor network; requesting by the GLR of the visitor network for the location register information to be downloaded to the HLR of the home network via the GLR of the home network; transmitting subscriber information stored in the HLR of the home network, to the GLR of the home network; transmitting the subscriber information from the GLR of the home network to the GLR of the visitor network; and managing of the roamed terminal by the GLR of the visitor network based on the subscriber information.