Patent ID: 6684073
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A signaling method for telecommunications networks in which a multiplicity of subscribers communicate using telecommunications terminals, at least one of the subscribers using a first subscriber identification assigned to the subscriber from the number area of an operator of a home network to register in the home network or in a telecommunications network whose operator has a roaming agreement with the operator of the home network, comprising:assigning a second subscriber identification to the subscriber from the number area of an operator of a partner network; the subscriber registering in a visited network with the second subscriber identification, the operator of the home network having no roaming agreement with the operator of the visited network; passing the signaling traffic concerning the subscriber registered with the second subscriber identification in the visited network to the partner network; filtering the signaling traffic concerning the subscriber registered in the visited network with the second subscriber identification and conducted to the partner network; rerouting the filtered signaling traffic to the home network including replacing, for the rerouting of the signaling traffic to the home network, the second subscriber identification contained in a signaling message protocol data unit by the first subscriber identification; and rerouting the partner network signaling traffic to the visited network, including replacing, for the rerouting of the signaling traffic to the visited network, the first subscriber identification contained in a signaling message protocol data unit of the partner network signaling traffic received from the home network concerning the subscriber registered in the visited network with the second subscriber identification.