Mobile communication terminal, mobile communication system, and roaming connection method

A mobile communication system comprising:

• a mobile communication terminal capable of making a roaming connection;
• a home mobile communication network managed by a telecommunications carrier in contract with a user of the mobile communication terminal;
• and
• roamed mobile communication networks managed by other telecommunications carriers affiliated with the telecommunications carrier in contract with the user,
• wherein the home mobile communication network comprises:
• location registration information receiving means for receiving location registration information indicating that the mobile communication terminal has registered a location with a first roamed mobile communication network;
• and
• access point information transmitting means for transmitting access point information containing information about roamed mobile communication networks in the location of the first roamed mobile communication network, to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the location registration information received by the location registration information receiving means, and
• wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises:
• access point information receiving means for receiving the access point information from the home mobile communication network via the first roamed mobile communication network after the mobile communication terminal requests the location registration with the first roamed mobile communication network;
• searching means for searching the roamed mobile communication networks;
• and
• location registration requesting means for requesting a location registration with the roamed mobile communication networks in a predetermined order contained in the access point information received by the access point information receiving means, among the roamed mobile communication networks detected by the searching means.

A roaming connection method of connecting a mobile communication terminal capable of making a roaming connection, to a roamed mobile communication network, comprising:

• at a home mobile communication network of a telecommunications carrier in contract with a user of the mobile communication terminal,
• receiving location registration information indicating that the mobile communication terminal has registered a location with a first roamed mobile communication network, and
• transmitting access point information containing information about roamed mobile communication networks in the location of the first roamed mobile communication network, to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the received location registration information;
• and at the mobile communication terminal,
• receiving the access point information from the home mobile communication network via the first roamed mobile communication network after the mobile communication terminal requests the location registration with the first roamed mobile communication network,
• searching the roamed mobile communication networks, and
• requesting a location registration from the roamed mobile communication networks in a predetermined order contained in the received access point information, among the roamed mobile communication networks detected in the searching step.

A mobile communication terminal capable of making a roaming connection, comprising:

• a location registration requesting unit configured to request a location registration with a first roamed mobile communication network and transmitting the location registration request to a home mobile communication network of a telecommunications carrier in contract with a user of the mobile communication terminal;
• an access point information receiving unit configured to receive access point information from the home mobile communication network via the first roamed mobile communication network after the mobile communication terminal requests the location registration with the first roamed mobile communication network, said access point information containing information about roamed mobile communication networks in a location of the first roamed mobile communication network;
• a searching unit configured to search the roamed mobile communication networks in the location of the first roamed mobile communication network;
• and
• wherein the location registration requesting unit requests a location registration with the roamed mobile communication networks in a predetermined order contained in the access point information received by the access point information receiving unit, among the roamed mobile communication networks detected by the searching unit.