Abstract:
A module (MLR) comprising a home location register (HLR), an authentication center (AuC) and a short message service center (SMSC) embedded in a single physical structure forming at least in part the module (MLR) is provided; said module (MLR) is connected through at least a mobile switching center (MSC) of a cellular communication network to at least a measuring mobile terminal (MMT) as well as to at least a machine to machine application (M2MA), the short message service center (SMSC) being comnfigured to transmit a message towards a measuring mobile terminal (MMT), the home location register (HLR) being configured to, in response to a demand from the short message service center (SMSC) regarding a given measuring mobile terminal (MMT) to provide the short message service center (SMASC) with an address of the mobile switching center (MSC) through which said measuring mobile terminal (MMT) is connected to the cellular communication network, the authentication center (AuC) being configured to authenticate a given measuring mobile terminal (MMT) and the module (MLR) being configured to create a gathered billing call data record (CDR) for several connections of a same measuring mobile terminal (MMT) or of a group of measuring mobile terminals (MMT), gathered based on a time duration or based on transmitted data volume.