Module MLR for managing machine-to-machine type (M2M) mobile devices

A Module (MLR) connected through a cellular communication network to at least a measuring mobile terminal (MMT), at least a mobile switch center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR) and at least a machine to machine application (M2MA), the module (MLR) comprising:

• a database (BDD) storing, for each measuring mobile terminal (MMT):
• a universal single identifier (IMSI), a private device identifier (PDID), and the address (MSC@) of the mobile switch center MSC/visitor location register (VLR) through which each measuring mobile terminal MMT is connected to the cellular communication network;
• a short message service center (SMSC) configured to transmit a message sent (32) by the machine to machine application (M2MA) towards one said measuring mobile terminal (MMT);
• a home location register (HLR) configured to, in response to a demand from the short message service center (SMSC) regarding said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT), request (33) said database (BDD) provide the short message service center (SMSC) with the address of the mobile switch center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR) through which said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT) is connected to the cellular communication network, the request from the home location register (HLR) provides a private device identifier (PDID) identifying the one measuring mobile terminal (MMT);
• an authentication center (AuC) authenticating said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT);
• and
• the home location register (HLR), the authentication center (AuC) and the short message service center (SMSC) being embedded in a single physical structure forming at least in part the module (MLR),
• wherein the module (MLR) is configured to receive (34) from the database (BDD) said address (MSC@) of the mobile switch center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR) and the universal single identifier (IMSI) of said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT), and is configured, in response, to transmit to said mobile switch center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR) the message sent by the machine to machine application (M2MA) based on said address (MSC@) provided by the database (BDD) along with the universal single identifier (IMSI) of said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT) provided by the database (BDD), and
• wherein the module (MLR) is non-transitory.

A method of managing of a cellular communication network system, comprising the steps of:

• connecting a non-transitory module (MLR) through the cellular communication network to plural measuring mobile terminal (MMT)s, a mobile switch center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR) and a machine to machine application (M2MA);
• having the module (MLR) use a database (BDD) storing, for each measuring mobile terminal (MMT):
• a universal single identifier (IMSI), a private device identifier (PDID), and the address (MSC@) of the mobile switch center MSC/visitor location register (VLR) through which each measuring mobile terminal MMT is connected to the cellular communication network;
• from a short message service center (SMSC) of the module (MLR), transmitting a message sent (32) by the machine to machine application (M2MA) towards one of said measuring mobile terminals (MMT);
• with a home location register (HLR) of the module (MLR), in response to a demand from the short message service center (SMSC) regarding said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT), requesting (33) said database (BDD) to provide the short message service center (SMSC) with the address of the mobile switch center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR) through which said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT) is connected to the cellular communication network, the request from the home location register (HLR) providing a private device identifier (PDID) identifying the one measuring mobile terminal (MMT);
• with an authentication center (AuC) of the module (MLR), authenticating said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT),
• wherein the home location register (HLR), the authentication center (AuC) and the short message service center (SMSC) are embedded in a single physical structure forming at least in part the module (MLR);
• having the module (MLR) receive (34) from the database (BDD) said address (MSC@) of the mobile switch center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR) and the universal single identifier (IMSI) of said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT), and, in response, to transmit to said mobile switch center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR) the message sent by the machine to machine application (M2MA) based on said address (MSC@) provided by the database (BDD) along with the universal single identifier (IMSI) of said one measuring mobile terminal (MMT) provided by the database (BDD).