A network architecture for number and service mobility

With society becoming more mobile, network customers are requesting from the network providers the capability of number mobility and service mobility. Number mobility is the network capability that allows customers to originate and receive calls anywhere using the same phone number; while the service mobility is the capability that lets customers access the same service he/she has subscribed to ubiquitously. This paper proposes a network architecture that allows the network providers to determine the current location of a customer and route the call accordingly. It also provides transport mechanism for the customer to access the subscribed services ubiquitously