Roaming agreement application and database for carrying out roaming between private and public wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method of providing telecommunication services to a mobile-subscriber terminal roaming in a wireless telecommunication network, the method comprising:
- the mobile subscriber terminal roaming into a private-wireless network from a public-wireless network to which it subscribes, wherein the private-wireless network is a wireless local area network, and wherein the private-wireless network and the public-wireless network use different communications formats for communications with the mobile subscriber terminal;
registering the mobile subscriber terminal on the wireless local area network;
retrieving roaming-agreement information from a roaming-agreement database, wherein the roaming-agreement information includes a routing protocol;
determining, based on the routing protocol, whether to route communications with the mobile subscriber terminal over the public-wireless network or over a transport network;
determining roaming rules, from the roaming agreement information, for operating the mobile subscriber terminal in the private-wireless network; and
the private wireless network providing to the mobile-subscriber terminal services in accordance with the roaming rules.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing telecommunication services to a mobile-subscriber terminal roaming between private and public-wireless networks is disclosed. After roaming from the public-wireless network into the private-wireless network, for example, an entity in the private-wireless network executes an application that retrieves from a roaming-agreement database roaming-agreement information for operating the mobile-subscriber terminal in the private-wireless network. Using this information as an input, the application may determine one or more roaming rules for operating in the private-wireless network.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of providing telecommunication services to a mobile-subscriber terminal roaming in a wireless telecommunication network, the method comprising:
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the mobile subscriber terminal roaming into a private-wireless network from a public-wireless network to which it subscribes, wherein the private-wireless network is a wireless local area network, and wherein the private-wireless network and the public-wireless network use different communications formats for communications with the mobile subscriber terminal; registering the mobile subscriber terminal on the wireless local area network; retrieving roaming-agreement information from a roaming-agreement database, wherein the roaming-agreement information includes a routing protocol; determining, based on the routing protocol, whether to route communications with the mobile subscriber terminal over the public-wireless network or over a transport network; determining roaming rules, from the roaming agreement information, for operating the mobile subscriber terminal in the private-wireless network; and the private wireless network providing to the mobile-subscriber terminal services in accordance with the roaming rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of providing telecommunication services to a mobile-subscriber terminal roaming in a wireless telecommunication network, the method comprising:
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registering a mobile subscriber terminal on a private wireless local area network; identifying a public wireless network to which the mobile subscriber terminal subscribes, wherein the public wireless network and the private wireless local area network use different communications formats for communications with the mobile subscriber terminal; retrieving roaming-agreement information from a roaming-agreement database, wherein the roaming-agreement information includes a routing protocol; determining, based on the routing protocol, whether to route communications with the mobile subscriber terminal over the public-wireless network or over a transport network; and providing communications services to the mobile-subscriber terminal in accordance with the roaming-agreement information.
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