Method for federating at least two communication networks for mobile terminals and network capable of being federated

1. A method for federating a first communication network for mobile terminals and a second communication network for mobile terminals, each communication network comprising a base station, a mobility manager, a serving gateway, a user database, a communication policy manager, a packet gateway, each of said first and second communication networks further comprising a router and an orchestrator, the method comprising:

establishing a dedicated connection between the first and second communication networks by establishing a connection between the routers;

selecting a master orchestrator from among the orchestrators of the first and second networks to federate, defining a master network and a slave network;

updating the user database of the master network from the user database of the slave network;

configuring links between:

the serving gateway of the master network and the mobility manager of the slave network;

the serving gateway of the slave network and the mobility manager of the master network;

the mobility manager of the master network and the mobility manager of the slave network;

configuring the slave network so that the slave network uses:

the user database of the master network;

the communication policy manager of the master network;

updating the list of serving gateways of each network, each serving gateway being associated with a zone code as a function of its original network, and

updating each mobility manager as a function of the configuration of the mobility manager of the neighbouring network.

2. The method for federating communication networks according to claim 1 , wherein each communication network has the same addressing plan, the method comprising a step in which the router of each network is dynamically configured, by the orchestrator of its network, to carry out a reciprocal one to one address translation between the two networks.

3. The method for federating communication networks according to claim 1 , further comprising:

updating each base station as a function of a neighbouring base station.

4. The method for federating communication networks according to claim 1 , wherein the establishment of the dedicated connection is made by a use of a connection means belonging to the list formed of at least:

a wire,

a wireless connection.

5. The method for federating communication networks according to claim 1 , wherein communications made via the dedicated connection are made using a virtual private network.

6. The method for federating communication networks according to claim 1 , wherein a use, by the slave network, of elements of the master network is done by the configuration, in the slave networks, of secondary elements.

7. The method for federating communication networks according claim 6 , wherein the configuration of the secondary elements is done by naming, the resolution of the names being configured by the orchestrator of the network at a moment of federation.

8. The method for federating communication networks according to claim 1 , wherein a communication network for mobile terminals is a standalone network bubble.

9. The method for federating communication networks according to claim 1 , wherein the election of the master orchestrator is done as a function of the hosting and processing capacities of the bubble to which the orchestrator belongs.

10. The method for federating communication networks according to claim 1 , wherein access to the applicative functions of a bubble is maintained and is limited to its original users.

11. A first communication network for mobile terminals, suited to being federated, with a second communication network for mobile terminals suited to being federated, each communication network for mobile terminals suited to being federated comprising a base station, a mobility manager, a serving gateway, a user database, a communication policy manager, a packet gateway, each communication network further comprising a router and an orchestrator, said first communication network being configured to:

establish a dedicated connection with the second communication network by establishing a dedicated connection between the router of the first communication network and the router of the second communication network;

elect a master orchestrator from among the orchestrators of the first and second communication networks to federate, defining a master network and a slave network;

update the user database of the master network from the user database of the slave network;

configure links between:

the serving gateway of the master network and the mobility manager of the slave network;

the serving gateway of the slave network and the mobility manager of the master network;

the mobility manager of the master network and the mobility manager of the slave network;

the packet gateway of the master network and the serving gateway of the slave network;

configure the slave network so that the slave network uses:

the user database of the master network;

the communication policy manager of the master network;

update the list of serving gateways of each network, each serving gateway being associated with a zone code as a function of its original network, and

update each mobility manager as a function of the configuration of the mobility manager of the neighbouring network.

12. A communication network according to claim 11 , wherein the communication network is a standalone network bubble.