Signaling gateway with multiple IMSI with multiple MSISDN (MIMM) service in a single SIM for multiple roaming partners
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A mobile communications system, the system comprising:
- a plurality of Visited Public Mobile Networks (VPMNs), including at least one Foreign Public Mobile Network (FPMN); and
a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN) having a Home Location Register (HLR), the HPMN having at least one HPMN subscriber with an associated Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), the HPMN comprising a single signaling gateway for providing to each HPMN subscriber an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) in the SIM and a corresponding Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Services Number (MSISDN) to operate in each of the at least one FPMNs,wherein the HPMN and each FPMN have a roaming agreement and an arrangement to support subscribers of Multiple IMSI Multiple MSISDN service (MIMM),wherein the single signaling gateway is configured to assign multiple IMSIs to a single MIMM SIM in a MIMM subscriber device,wherein the MIMM SIM is associated with multiple MSISDNs corresponding to the multiple IMSIs of the MIMM SIM, andwherein each IMSI of the multiple IMSIs is associated with a different network, including at least one FPMN.
13 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and apparatus for mobile communication in multiple mobile communications networks. Embodiments include installing a SIM that includes at least one IMSI and at least one MSISDN in a mobile communications device. The SIM is used to receive and place calls while the user is in the user'"'"'s home network and while the user is roaming in another network. In various embodiments, one of a home MSISDN and a local MSISDN is used.
-
Citations
18 Claims
-
1. A mobile communications system, the system comprising:
-
a plurality of Visited Public Mobile Networks (VPMNs), including at least one Foreign Public Mobile Network (FPMN); and a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN) having a Home Location Register (HLR), the HPMN having at least one HPMN subscriber with an associated Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), the HPMN comprising a single signaling gateway for providing to each HPMN subscriber an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) in the SIM and a corresponding Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Services Number (MSISDN) to operate in each of the at least one FPMNs, wherein the HPMN and each FPMN have a roaming agreement and an arrangement to support subscribers of Multiple IMSI Multiple MSISDN service (MIMM), wherein the single signaling gateway is configured to assign multiple IMSIs to a single MIMM SIM in a MIMM subscriber device, wherein the MIMM SIM is associated with multiple MSISDNs corresponding to the multiple IMSIs of the MIMM SIM, and wherein each IMSI of the multiple IMSIs is associated with a different network, including at least one FPMN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
Specification