CREATING VIRTUAL MOBILE NUMBERS IN COMMUNITY NETWORKS

摘要

A method for making a client of a community network accessible by an identity of a public mobile telephone system, said a community network including a community network server and a plurality of community network clients. The community network is connected to a core network of a public mobile telephone system a gateway unit operating as a gateway between the core network and the community network and as a visitor location register towards the core network of the public mobile telephone system. The method comprises: allocating, in a visitor location register unit comprised by the gateway unit, MSISDN numbers to said community network clients lacking a valid identity in the public mobiletelephone system; and carrying out a location update procedure of said allocated MSISDN numbers towards a home location register of the public mobile telephone system, said location update procedure being in accordance with the procedures of the public mobile telephone system.