Adaptive subscriber service allocation
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsStephane Morin, Steven Rochefort
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for providing subscriber services to a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile switching centers (MSCs) transmit an MSC capabilities message which informs the Home Location Register (HLR) of the services the MSC supports. When a mobile terminal roams to a particular MSC, the HLR compares the subscriber profile and the MSC capabilities message to determine whether the MSC can support a particular subscriber service. Where the MSC cannot support a particular subscriber service, the HLR determines a comparable service which the MSC does support and modifies a copy of the subscriber profile to include the comparable service as a replacement for the subscriber service that is not supported.
Claims8
In a telecommunication system comprising a mobile switching center (MSC) connected to a home location register (HLR) storing subscriber profiles, a method for serving and providing subscriber services for a subscriber associated with a mobile station, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving by the HLR an MSC capabilities message transmitted from the MSC including a plurality of subscriber services that are supported by the MSC;
- receiving a request for a subscriber profile associated with the mobile station from an MSC currently serving the mobile station to the HLR, said subscriber profile listing a certain subscriber service;
- determining whether the MSC can support said certain subscriber service;
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- if the MSC currently serving the mobile station cannot support said certain subscriber service, modifying by the HLR of a copy of said subscriber profile to list at least one substitute subscriber service that is supported by the MSC as a replacement for said certain subscriber service.
A Home Location Register (HLR) connected to a mobile switching center (MSC) serving a mobile station, wherein said home location register stores a subscriber profile listing a certain subscriber service for that mobile station, said HLR comprising:
- means for receiving by the HLR an MSC capabilities message transmitted from the MSC including a plurality of subscriber services that are supported by the MSC;
- means for determining whether the serving MSC can support said certain subscriber service;
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- means responsive to failure to support the subscriber service for modifying a copy of said subscriber profile to list a substitute subscriber service that is supported by the serving MSC as a replacement service for said certain subscriber service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.