Patent ID: 7873358

Claim:
A method for redirecting roaming traffic of a roamer having a handset, the roamer being associated with a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN) and initially registered with a first Visited Public Mobile Network (VPMN), the first VPMN coupled to a redirection unit, the method comprising: detecting, at the first VPMN, a registration attempt of the roamer at a second VPMN, upon receipt of a first of one or more registration cancellation messages sent by the HPMN; sending one or more registration messages from the redirection unit to the HPMN; and causing, based on the one or more registration messages, the HPMN to send a registration response message to a Visited Location Register (VLR) associated with the second VPMN to thwart the registration attempt of the roamer at the second VPMN; wherein the redirection unit facilitates the roamer's mobile communication when the roamer's handset is stuck in the second VPMN.