Patent ID: 8238907

Claim:
A mobile communications network comprising: a licensed radio access portion; a core network portion connected to the licensed radio access portion, said core network portion comprising: a first switching node; a home location register connected to said first switching node; a first visitor location register connected to said first switching node and said home location register, said home location register being adapted to identify from a first dialed number, stored subscriber identity information identifying a mobile station and to output mobile station location information associated with said subscriber identity information in response to said first dialed number, said first dialed number being utilized for connections to the mobile station via the licensed radio access portion; and at least one unlicensed radio access portion for communicating with mobile stations over an unlicensed-radio interface and for communicating with said first switching node over a predetermined licensed mobile network interface; wherein said home location register is further adapted to identify from a second dialed number, said stored subscriber information, said second number being reserved for connections to the mobile station via said unlicensed radio access network portion only; wherein said core network portion is adapted to: connect a call to the mobile station when the call utilizes the first dialed number; discontinue connection of the call to the mobile station when the call utilizes the second dialed number and the mobile station is not connected to said unlicensed radio access network; and connect the call to the mobile station when the call utilizes the second dialed number and the mobile station is connected to said unlicensed radio access network.