System and method for application location register routing in a telecommunications network
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for application location register routing processing in a wireless telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
- at a signal transfer point, receiving a query message requesting for information related to a specific mobile telecommunications customer from a query originator;
decoding the query message and obtaining a translation type and a global title address therefrom;
looking up the translation type in a first database residing in the signal transfer point and determining a location of a second database residing in the signal transfer point for processing the query message;
looking up, using at least a predetermined portion of the global title address, in the second database residing in the signal transfer point and obtaining a network address of a destination for processing the query message; and
forwarding the query message to a network node in the wireless telecommunications network specified by the network address.
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Abstract
A system and method for application location register routing at a signal transfer point (26) are provided. The signal transfer point (26) includes processor clusters (64, 66, 68) and databases (236, 238) for processing queries including global title translation, local number portability, and application location register routing. A query message is received by the signal transfer point (26), a first database residing in the signal transfer point (26) is accessed to determine the location of a second database (238) also residing in the signal transfer point for processing the query message. The second database (238) is then accessed to obtain the network address of a home location register or short message service center, which is then used to deliver the query message to the network node specified by the network address.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for application location register routing processing in a wireless telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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at a signal transfer point, receiving a query message requesting for information related to a specific mobile telecommunications customer from a query originator; decoding the query message and obtaining a translation type and a global title address therefrom; looking up the translation type in a first database residing in the signal transfer point and determining a location of a second database residing in the signal transfer point for processing the query message; looking up, using at least a predetermined portion of the global title address, in the second database residing in the signal transfer point and obtaining a network address of a destination for processing the query message; and forwarding the query message to a network node in the wireless telecommunications network specified by the network address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for application location register routing in a wireless telecommunications network, comprising:
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a first cluster of processors adapted for receiving a query message requesting for information related to a specific mobile telecommunications customer from a query originator; a first database being accessible by the first cluster of processors and having location information of a second database; a second cluster of processors co-located with the first cluster of processors and being adapted for receiving at least a portion of the query message from the first cluster of processors, the second cluster of processors being dedicated to process application location register routing; and a second database being accessible by the second cluster of processor and having network addresses specifying the destinations of the query messages, the second cluster of processors obtaining the network addresses from the second database and forwarding the network address to the first cluster of processors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for application location register routing by a signal transfer point in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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at the signal transfer point, receiving an SS7 query message requesting for a network address of a network node having data related to a specific mobile telecommunications customer; decoding at least a portion of the SS7 query message and obtaining a translation type and an address maintained in a predetermined data field; looking up the translation type in a global title translation database residing in the signal transfer point and determining a location of an application location register routing database residing in the signal transfer point for processing the query message; looking up in the application location register routing database residing in the signal transfer point and obtaining the network address; and routing the query message to the network node specified by the network address. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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