Patent ID: 7127246
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for management of a database of a visitor location register in a telecommunication network, said database having a predetermined storage capacity and being adapted to contain a plurality of data sets, each data set containing subscriber data associated with an individual subscriber of said telecommunication network or with another telecommunication network, said individual subscribers having at least once registered within a geographical area of said telecommunication network corresponding to said visitor location register, said method comprising the steps of: selecting subscriber data of said database to be deleted from said database, monitoring an available storage capacity of said predetermined storage capacity of said database, and deciding whether said available storage capacity is below a predetermined threshold value of available capacity; wherein said selection is based on portions of said subscriber data upon which a roaming behavior of an associated subscriber can be determined and based on a frequency of presence of a respective subscriber within said geographical area of said telecommunication network corresponding to said visitor location register, and wherein said selecting step is performed if said available storage capacity is below said predetermined threshold value.