LOCAL ROAMING NUMBER SERVER

摘要

Another embodiment is directed to a wireless network. The wireless network comprises a visitor location register to store information about wireless devices that are located in a coverage area associated with the wireless network and a switching center to establish calls with wireless devices located in the coverage area associated with the wireless network. The wireless network further comprises a home location register to store information about subscribers for whom the wireless network is their home network and an operations and support subsystem that is configured to receive information indicative of location update events. The wireless network further comprises a local roaming server coupled to the operations and support subsystem to receive at least a portion of the information indicative of the location update events. The local roaming server is configured to do the following after a visitor enters the coverage area associated with the wireless network and successfully performs a location update: store an address associated with the visitor location register that is servicing the visitor and act as a home location register in connection with providing local roaming number service to the visitor using a local roaming number assigned to the visitor.