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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2002
Chris P. McIntosh, San Francisco, CA (US);
interWave Communications International, Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A communication network ( ) is provided having a public and private network with a virtual home location registry. Generally, the public network ( ) includes a public wireless network ( ) with a public mobile switching center (MSC ) The corporate network ( ) includes a number of corporate wireless networks ( ) located at a number of sites ( ) each coupled to the public MSC ( ), and several or all of the corporate wireless networks having a physical HLR ( ). The corporate wireless networks ( ) are coupled via an IP network ( ) to one another and to an HLR management function ( ). An corporate network operation management controller (OMC ) is coupled to the public MSC ( ), and to the routing function ( ). The routing function ( ) is configured to route access requests from the OMC ( ) to the physical HLRs ( ), and the OMC is configured to manage the physical HLRs to provide a single virtual HLR for the corporate wireless networks ( ).