Patent ID: 8238905

Claim:
A method for facilitating roaming tests for a host network having an associated gateway and a roaming partner network, wherein the host network and the roaming partner network respectively correspond to a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN) and a Visited Public Mobile Network (VPMN), and wherein a Mobile Switching Center/Visiting Location Register (MSC/VLR), a first network element and a second network element are each associated with at least one of the host network and the roaming partner network, the method comprising: creating, via the gateway, a fake profile for a roaming subscriber at the MSC/VLR, the roaming subscriber being associated with the host network and the roaming partner network; simulating, via the gateway, a transaction with the first network element; and testing, via the gateway, the first element's response to the simulated transaction, and network routing of the roaming subscriber from the first network element to the second network element; wherein the fake profile is one selected from the group consisting of Supplementary Services (SS) profile, Operator Determined Barring (ODB) profile, Customized Application for Mobile Enhancement Logic (CAMEL) profile and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) profile.