Patent ID: 6973329

Claim:
A method for connecting a subscriber system comprising a subscriber apparatus of a user to a host mobile network, comprising the steps of: storing, in a network element connected to the host mobile network, subscriber data corresponding to information concerning the subscriber apparatus of the user of the subscriber system, wherein the network element associates the subscriber apparatus of the user with a mobile communication means of the user on the host mobile network; transporting user's subscriber identity to the network element; realizing emulation of network functions towards said host mobile network and towards said subscriber system based on said user's subscriber identity and/or said stored subscriber data; emulating towards said host mobile network a first desired interface by producing first signals representing signals of the host mobile network in said network element, said first desired interface being of said host mobile network; emulating towards said subscriber system a second desired interface by producing second signals representing signals of the subscriber system in said network element, said second desired interface being of said subscriber system; and connecting, in said network element, said second signals to the host mobile network and said first signals to said subscriber system based on said stored subscriber data.