Address Provisioning in a Mobile Telecommunication System

摘要

A method of provisioning an address of a Packet Mobile Switching Centre at a Mobile Station, the Packet Mobile Switching Centre providing an interface between a packet switched domain to which the Mobile Station is attached, and a circuit switched service domain, and the packet switched domain comprising a Mobility Management Entity for handling Mobility Management in respect of the Mobile Station and for performing location updates with the Packet Mobile Switching Centre on behalf of the Mobile Station. The method comprises sending a Location Update request from the Mobility Management Entity to a Mobile Switching Centre server within the Packet Mobile Switching Centre on behalf of the Mobile Station. In response, the Mobile Switching Centre server returns to the Mobility Management Entity a Location Update Accept containing an address of the Packet Mobile Switching Centre. The Mobility Management Entity forwards the address to the Mobile Terminal.