Patent ID: 6167264
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A visitor location register (VLR) in a mobile communications system employing a multinumbering scheme, whereinthe visitor location register is arranged to subscriber-specifically store basic service codes (SC-1 . . . SC-n) related to basic services of a subscriber, and directory numbers (MSISDN-1 . . . MSISDN-n) linked with the service codes, said directory numbers and basic service codes having been transmitted from a home location register (HLR) of the subscriber,the visitor location register is arranged to transmit to a mobile services switching center (MSC) a directory number corresponding to the basic service related to the call, said directory number being used as the directory number of the calling subscriber in mobile-originating calls or as a redirecting number in mobile-terminating calls for which a call forwarding controlled by the visitor location register is carried out.