Abstract
A method and apparatus for home location register fault recovery in a system which uses a gateway location register to reduce signaling between visitor location registers and home location registers. When a home location register is recovering from a fault the home location register sends a reset message to the gateway location registers which are serving mobile subscribers associated with the home location register. The gateway location register sends a reset message to visitor location registers which are serving mobile subscribers associated with the home location register. The gateway location register can determine which mobile subscribers are associated with the home location register by comparing mobile subscriber identification information stored in the gateway location register with information contained in the reset message from the home location register.
A method and apparatus for home location register fault recovery in a system which uses a gateway location register to reduce signaling between visitor location registers and home location registers. When a home location register is recovering from a fault the home location register sends a reset message to the gateway location registers which are serving mobile subscribers associated with the home location register. The gateway location register sends a reset message to visitor location registers which are serving mobile subscribers associated with the home location register. The gateway location register can determine which mobile subscribers are associated with the home location register by comparing mobile subscriber identification information stored in the gateway location register with information contained in the reset message from the home location register.
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Technologies
Radio air Interface Network Management and Planning
Product
Mobility Switching Centre (MSC)Visitor Location Register (VLR)
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Claim
1. In a wireless system, a method for home location register fault recovery comprising the steps of: receiving by a gateway location register from the home location register a reset message, wherein the reset message contains a home location register number for the home location register; and sending from the gateway location register to a visitor location register another reset message, wherein the another reset message includes a gateway location register number for the gateway location register.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reset message and the another reset message are MAP_RESET messages.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of: determining, by the gateway location register, a mobile subscriber associated with the home location register, wherein the gateway location register determines that the visitor location register serves the mobile subscriber.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the reset message and the another reset message include a home location register identity list.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of: identifying the affected mobile subscribers, by the visitor location register, using either the gateway location register number or the home location register identity list.
6. In a wireless system, a method for home location register fault recovery comprising the steps of: receiving by a gateway location register from the home location register a reset message, wherein the reset message contains a home location register identity list for the home location register; and sending from the gateway location register to a visitor location register another reset message, wherein the another reset message includes a home location register number for the home location register and the home location register identity list.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the reset message and the another reset message are MAP RESET messages.
8. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of: determining, by the gateway location register, a mobile subscriber associated with the home location register, wherein the gateway location register determines that the visitor location register serves the mobile subscriber.
9. In a wireless system, a method for home location register fault recovery comprising the steps of: receiving, by a gateway location register, a reset message from the home location register, wherein the reset message includes a home location register number; and determining a mobile subscriber associated with the home location register by comparing a country code and national destination code of a mobile subscriber identity stored in a record associated with the mobile subscriber with a country code and national destination code of the home location register number
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of: determining, by the gateway location register, a visitor location register which is currently serving the mobile subscriber; and sending another reset message to the visitor location register which has been determined to be currently serving the mobile subscriber
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the steps of: receiving the another reset message by the visitor location register; and determining whether there is a home location register identity list in the another reset message
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the reset message and the another reset message are MAP RESET messages
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the mobile subscriber identity is an international mobile subscriber identity
14. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of: sending a location update message to the home location register for each mobile subscriber determined by the gateway location register to be associated with the home location register
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the location update message is a', 'MAP UPDATE LOCATION message
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the another reset message includes a gateway location register number
17. The method of claim 10, wherein the another reset message includes the home location register number
18. In a wireless system, a method for home location register fault recovery comprising the steps of: receiving, by a gateway location register, a reset message from the home location register, wherein the reset message includes a home location register number; and determining a mobile subscriber associated with the home location register by comparing the home location register number received in the reset message with a home location register number stored in a mobile subscriber record in the gateway location register
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of: determining, by the gateway location register, a visitor location register which is currently serving the mobile subscriber; and sending another reset message to a visitor location register which has been determined to be currently serving the mobile subscriber.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of: receiving the another reset message by the visitor location register; and determining whether there is a home location register identity list in the another reset message.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein the reset message and the another reset message are MAP_RESET messages.
22. The method of claim 18, wherein the mobile subscriber identity is an international mobile subscriber identity.
23. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of: sending a location update message to the home location register for each mobile subscriber determined by the gateway location register to be associated with the home location register.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the location update message is a MAP UPDATE LOCATION message.
25. The method of claim 19, wherein the another reset message includes a gateway location register number.
26. The method of claim 19, wherein the another reset message includes a home location register number.
27. In a wireless system, a method for home location register fault recovery comprising the steps of: receiving, by a visitor location register, a reset message from a gateway location register; and determining whether there is a home location register identity list present in the reset message.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein if the home location register identity list is present in the reset message performing the steps of: identifying affected mobile subscribers using the home location register identity list; and setting a location information confirmed in the home location register flag to not confirmed for each affected mobile subscriber.
29. The method of claim 27, wherein if the home location register identity list is present in the reset message performing the steps of: determining whether the home location register identity list contains a predetermined pattern; setting a location information confirmed in home location register flag to not confirmed for all mobile subscribers visiting from other networks if the home location register identity list contains the predetermined pattern; and if the home location register does not contain the predetermined pattern performing the steps of deriving the affected mobile subscribers using the home location register identity list; and setting the location information confirmed in the home location register flag to not confirmed for each affected mobile subscriber.
30. The method of claim 27, wherein if the home location register identity list is not present in the reset message, performing the steps of: determining whether a number received in a home location register number parameter of the reset message matches a number of the gateway location register; and setting a location information confirmed in the home location register flag to not confirmed for all mobile subscribers visiting from other networks if the number received in the home location register number parameter matches the number of the gateway location register.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein if the number received in the home location register number parameter does not match the number of the gateway location register performing the steps of deriving affected mobile subscribers by matching a country code and national destination code derived from mobile subscriber identities stored in the visitor location register with a country code and national destination code of the received home location register number parameter; and setting the location information confirmed in the home location register flag to not confirmed for each affected mobile subscriber.
32. The method of claim 27, wherein if the home location register identity list is not present in the reset message, performing the steps of: deriving affected mobile subscribers by matching a country code and national destination code derived from mobile subscriber identities stored in the visitor location register with a country code and national destination code of the received home location register number parameter; and setting the location information confirmed in the home location register flag to not confirmed for each affected mobile subscriber.
33. The method of claim 27, wherein if the home location register identity list is not present in the reset message, performing the steps of: deriving the affected mobile subscribers by matching the received home location register number with a home location register number stored in the visitor location register for each mobile subscriber; determining whether a match was found; deriving affected mobile subscribers by matching a country code and national destination code derived from mobile subscriber identities stored in the visitor location register with a country code and national destination code of the received home location register number parameter if a match was not found; and setting a location information confirmed in the home location register flag to not confirmed for each affected mobile subscriber.
34. A wireless communication system comprising: a home location register which during fault recovery sends a reset message to a gateway location register, wherein the reset message contains a home location register number for the home location register; and a visitor location register which receives another reset message from the gateway location register, wherein the another reset message includes a gateway location register number for the gateway location register.
35. The wireless communication system of claim 34, wherein the reset message and the another reset message are MAP RESET messages.
36. The system of claim 34, wherein the reset message and the another reset message include a home location register identity list.
37. The system of claim 36, wherein the visitor location register identifies affected mobile subscribers using either the gateway location register number or the home location register identity list.
38. A wireless communication system comprising: a gateway location register which receives a reset message from a home location register, wherein the reset message includes a home location register number; and means for determining a mobile subscriber associated with the home location register by comparing a country code and national destination code of a mobile subscriber identity stored in a record associated with the mobile subscriber with a country code and national destination code of the home location register number.
39. The wireless communication system of claim 38, wherein the gateway location register determines a visitor location register which is currently serving the mobile subscriber, and wherein another reset message is sent to the visitor location register which has been determined to be currently serving the mobile subscriber.
40. The wireless communication system of claim 39, wherein the reset message and the another reset message are MAP_RESET messages.']
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