Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Mobile Switching Center (MSC) Databases

Home location register (HLR) database – stores information about each subscriber that belongs to it
 Visitor location register (VLR) database – maintains information about subscribers currently physically in the region
 Authentication center database (AuC) – used for authentication activities, holds encryption keys
 Equipment identity register database (EIR) – keeps track of the type of equipment that exists at the mobile station

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