Methods and system for detecting roaming location of mobile network
A method and system for detecting a roaming location of a mobile network is provided to detect the roaming location in a systematic and efficient way. The method first collects roaming call detail records (CDRs) of a subscriber of the mobile network which are generated when the subscriber roams to a roaming network and makes or receives corresponding roaming calls, and then finds at least one roaming CDR whose corresponding roaming call is occurred in a cell of the roaming network covering a registered address of the subscriber. Last, the method determines whether the registered address is the roaming location according to the found roaming CDR(s).
1. A method for detecting a roaming location of a first mobile network, said method being employed in a system for detecting a roaming location of a first mobile network, said system comprising a collecting means, a finding means, a determining means and a storing means; said method comprising steps of:
said collecting means collecting from said storing means a plurality of first call detail records (CDRs) of a subscriber of the first mobile network, wherein the first CDRs are generated when the subscriber makes or receives a plurality of first calls in the first mobile network;
said collecting means collecting from said storing means a plurality of second CDRs of the subscriber, wherein the second CDRs are generated when the subscriber roams to a second mobile network and makes or receives a plurality of second calls;
said finding means finding, according to the first and second CDRs, at least one of the second calls which is made or received within a time interval after one of the first calls is terminated; and
said determining means determining the roaming location of the first mobile network according to a terminated location of the one of the first calls if the at least one of the second calls is found.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time interval is shorter than a threshold.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one of the first calls is terminated in a cell of the first mobile network covering a registered address which is a location address that the subscriber registers to the first mobile network; the terminated location of the one of the first calls is estimated according to the registered address.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the registered address is a billing address of the subscriber.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein an amount of the at least one of the second calls is larger than a threshold.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminated location of the one of the first calls is estimated according to at least one mobile measurement report sent from the subscriber during the one of the first calls.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one of the first calls is abnormally terminated.
8. A method for detecting a roaming location of a mobile network, said method being employed in a system for detecting a roaming location of a first mobile network, said system comprising a collecting means, a finding means, a determining means and a storing means; said method comprising steps of:
said collecting means collecting from said storing means a plurality of roaming call detail records (CDRs) generated when a plurality of international roamers roam into the mobile network and make or receive a plurality of corresponding roaming calls, wherein each of the roaming CDRs comprises an identifier of the international roamer who makes or receives the corresponding roaming call, an end cell identifier for indicating an end cell of the mobile network where the corresponding roaming call is ended at, a start time of the corresponding roaming call, an end time of the corresponding roaming call and a termination cause for indicating whether the corresponding roaming call is a dropped call;
said finding means finding, according to the roaming CDRs, at least one of the international roamers who encounters the dropped call and does not make or receive another roaming call in the mobile network within a time interval after the dropped call; and
said determining means determining the roaming location within the end cell indicated by the roaming CDR of the dropped call.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the finding step comprises:
finding the at least one of the international roamers who is excluded from a visitor location register (VLR) database of the mobile network after encountering the dropped call.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the finding step finds the at least one of the international roamers who encounters the dropped call in a same cell of the mobile network, and an amount of the at least one of the international roamers is larger than a threshold.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the roaming location is determined according to at least one mobile measurement report sent from the at least one of the international roamers during the dropped call.