Controlling roaming in a mobile system
First Claim
1. A method of controlling roaming in a mobile system comprising at least two networks, which can offer a roaming subscriber attached to the system a circuit-switched and/or a packet-switched connection, the method comprising:
- allowing or denying a subscriber'"'"'s roaming in the mobile system, when the subscriber attempts to attach to the mobile system, on the basis of the subscriber'"'"'s roaming right data, which data indicates if the subscriber is entitled to roam that particular mobile system, wherein the subscriber'"'"'s roaming in each network of the mobile system that the subscriber attempts to attach to is allowed or denied separately on the basis of the subscriber'"'"'s roaming right data, which data indicates if the subscriber is entitled to roam a particular type of network in that particular mobile system, and, when at least two subscription types are definable for the subscriber, on the basis of data on the subscription types defined for the subscriber and on subscription types for which roaming is allowed in said mobile system.
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Abstract
A method of controlling roaming in a mobile system (3) comprising at least two networks (5 and 6), which can offer a subscriber (1) attached to the system a circuit-switched and a packet-switched connection, comprising the steps of checking, when a subscriber attempts to attach to the mobile system, separately for each network (5 and 6) comprised by the mobile system (3), from a first network element (HLR) comprising the subscriber'"'"'s roaming right data if the subscriber (1) is entitled to roam that particular type of network of that particular mobile system, and allowing or denying the subscriber'"'"'s roaming in each network (5 and 6) of the mobile system (3) separately on the basis of said check.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of controlling roaming in a mobile system comprising at least two networks, which can offer a roaming subscriber attached to the system a circuit-switched and/or a packet-switched connection, the method comprising:
allowing or denying a subscriber'"'"'s roaming in the mobile system, when the subscriber attempts to attach to the mobile system, on the basis of the subscriber'"'"'s roaming right data, which data indicates if the subscriber is entitled to roam that particular mobile system, wherein the subscriber'"'"'s roaming in each network of the mobile system that the subscriber attempts to attach to is allowed or denied separately on the basis of the subscriber'"'"'s roaming right data, which data indicates if the subscriber is entitled to roam a particular type of network in that particular mobile system, and, when at least two subscription types are definable for the subscriber, on the basis of data on the subscription types defined for the subscriber and on subscription types for which roaming is allowed in said mobile system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A network element in a mobile system, comprising:
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a database comprising roaming right data on subscribers of the mobile system, the network element being adapted;
in response to an inquiry from an alien mobile system, to check its database and to indicate the right of a subscriber of the mobile system to roam the alien mobile system when the subscriber of the mobile system attempts to attach to the alien mobile system, and in response to an inquiry from a certain type of network in the alien mobile system, to check its database and to indicate the right of the subscriber of the mobile system to roam that particular type of network in the alien mobile system when the subscriber of the mobile system attempts to attach to said network in the alien mobile system, and to check its database comprising data on subscription types defined for the subscriber and on subscription types for which roaming is allowed in an alien mobile system and to indicate, based on said check, the right of the subscriber of the mobile system to roam the alien mobile system when at least two subscription types are definable for a subscriber of the mobile system, in response to an inquiry from the network of the alien mobile system when the subscriber of the mobile system attempts to attach to said network in the alien mobile system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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