Method and system for providing PLN service to inbound roamers in a VPMN using a standalone approach when no roaming relationship exists between HPMN and VPMN
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating mobile communication of a subscriber associated with a home network roaming in a visited network, the visited network having a service node and a switching unit, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the service node, a registration message from the subscriber for registering with the visited network, wherein the visited network has a No-Roaming Agreement (NRA) with the home network;
transmitting an update message for updating trigger profile information to the switching unit, the trigger profile information enabling redirection of call control associated with the subscriber to the service node;
facilitating completion of the subscriber'"'"'s registering with the visited network; and
authenticating the subscriber, via the service node, with the home network using at least one parameter associated with the subscriber.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for facilitating mobile communication of a subscriber associated with a home network roaming in a visited network. The method includes receiving at a service node, a registration message by the subscriber to register with the visited network that has a No-Roaming Agreement (NRA) with the home network. The method further includes sending by the service node, an update message to a switching unit to update a trigger profile information at the switching unit so as to enable redirection of call control associated with the subscriber to the service node, wherein the switching unit is associated with the visited network. The method further includes facilitating completion of the subscriber'"'"'s registration process in the visited network by the service node. Finally, the method includes authenticating the subscriber by the service node with the home network using one or more parameters of the subscriber'"'"'s profile information.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating mobile communication of a subscriber associated with a home network roaming in a visited network, the visited network having a service node and a switching unit, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the service node, a registration message from the subscriber for registering with the visited network, wherein the visited network has a No-Roaming Agreement (NRA) with the home network;
transmitting an update message for updating trigger profile information to the switching unit, the trigger profile information enabling redirection of call control associated with the subscriber to the service node;
facilitating completion of the subscriber'"'"'s registering with the visited network; and
authenticating the subscriber, via the service node, with the home network using at least one parameter associated with the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for facilitating mobile communication of a subscriber associated with a home network when roaming in a visited network, the system comprising:
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a service node for receiving a registration message from the subscriber for registering with the visited network, wherein the visited network has a No-Roaming Agreement (NRA) with the home network; and
a switching unit associated with the visited network for receiving an update message from the service node for updating trigger profile information, the updated trigger profile information enabling redirection of call control associated with the subscriber to the service node;
wherein the service node facilitates completion of the subscriber'"'"'s registering with the visited network; and
wherein the service node authenticates the subscriber with the home network using at least one parameter associated with the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having stored thereon a computer usable program code for facilitating mobile communication of a subscriber associated with a home network roaming in a visited network, the visited network having a service node and a switching unit, the computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code means for receiving, at the service node, a registration message from the subscriber for registering with the visited network, wherein the visited network has a No-Roaming Agreement (NRA) with the home network; and
computer usable program code means for transmitting to the switching unit, via the service node, an update message for updating trigger profile information, the updated trigger profile information enabling redirection of call control associated with the subscriber to the service node;
wherein the service node facilitates completion of the subscriber'"'"'s registering with the visited network; and
wherein the service node authenticates the subscriber with the home network using at least one parameter associated with the subscriber.
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