Mobile location recovery for MSC pooling
US8634832B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An entity of a wireless telecommunications network having a pool of Mobile Switching Centers (MSCs) and a Home Location Register (HLR). The entity includes a network interface which sends pages to mobiles associated with a failed MSC of the pool of MSC's and experiencing termination isolation and receives responses to the pages from at least some of the mobiles. The entity includes a processing unit which produces a registration having updated location information for each response received by the network interface, the registration sent from the network interface to the HLR to end each mobile's termination isolation for which a response was received by the network interface. A method of an entity of a wireless telecommunications network having a pool of Mobile Switching Centers (MSCs) and a Home Location Register (HLR).
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