Home location register

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Abhijeet S
The HLR is a database used for storage and management of subscriptions. The home location register stores permanent data of the subscribers; including subscriber’s service profile, location information, and activity status.


HLR tracks and manages individual subscriber information that is needed by the network to confirm that callers are valid customers, to route calls, and to provision services. HLR is a centralized database application that provides call completion data for cellular subscribers.


The HLR database contains the administrative information for each subscriber registered in the network, along with the subscriber’s current location.


The HLR database is “dipped” whenever the switch in the mobile network requires subscriber information to complete a call. The HLR is the location register to which a user identity is assigned for record purposes such as subscriber information (e.g. ESN, MIN, MDN, Profile Information, Current Location, and Authorization Period).


The HLR shall provide these two basic functions:


• It shall identify the subscribers served by the MSC.


• It shall be responsible for providing instructions/data to MSCs for MS registration, call origination and call delivery.
 
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