Treatment of a location request by a first location request treatment device (a gateway mobile location centre) in a home register (hlr) for retransmission to a second location request treatment device
First Claim
1. A method for handling a location data request or location request relating to a subscriber in a mobile radio network, comprising:
- upon receipt of a request from a first location request handling device at a subscriber database of a mobile radio network, switching device address data of a switching device, via which the subscriber can currently be reached;
instead of switching the device address data, specifying, via the subscriber database, to the first location request handling device in a response location request handling device address data representing the address of a further location request handling device; and
if it is a request from the location request handling device of a version, according to which version there is provision for the location request handling device to receive switching device address data from the subscriber database as a response.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the efficient treatment of location requests by a home register and GMLCs of various versions by means of a method for treating a location request relating to a subscriber in a mobile radio network. Once a request (SRI) from a first location request treatment device (GMLC-R5) arrives in a subscriber data bank (HLR) in a mobile radio network, relating to switching device address data (MAP (MSC/SGSN)) in a switching device (MSC/SGSN) or location request treatment device (V-GMLC), enabling (MSC/SGSN/V-GMLC) a subscriber (MS) to be currently reached, the subscriber data bank (HLR) indicates the address (MAP (H-GMLC) of another location request treatment device (H-GMLC-R6) instead of a switching device address (MAP (MSC/SGSN)) in an answer (Ack (MSC(SGSN)) if the request is a request from a version (R5) of a location request treatment device wherein said version (R5) includes provision such that the location request treatment device (GMLC-R5) receives switching device data (MAP(MSC/SGSN) from the subscriber data base (HLR) as an answer.
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1. A method for handling a location data request or location request relating to a subscriber in a mobile radio network, comprising:
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upon receipt of a request from a first location request handling device at a subscriber database of a mobile radio network, switching device address data of a switching device, via which the subscriber can currently be reached;
instead of switching the device address data, specifying, via the subscriber database, to the first location request handling device in a response location request handling device address data representing the address of a further location request handling device; and
if it is a request from the location request handling device of a version, according to which version there is provision for the location request handling device to receive switching device address data from the subscriber database as a response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device for handling a location data request or location request relating to a subscriber in a mobile radio network, comprising:
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a subscriber database of a mobile radio network for switching device address data of a switching device, on receipt of a request from a first location request handling device, via which the subscriber can currently be reached; and
a response location request handling device, instead of switching device address data the subscriber database specifies to the first location request handling device, to address data representing the address of a further location request handling device, wherein if it is a request from a location request handling device of a version, according to which version there is provision for the location request handling device to receive switching device address data from the subscriber database as a response.
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