The invention relates to the efficient treatment of location requests by a
home register and GMLCs of various versions by means of a method for
treating a location request relating to a subscriber in a mobile radio
network. Once a request (SRI) from a first location request treatment
device (GMLC-R5) arrives in a subscriber data bank (HLR) in a mobile
radio network, relating to switching device address data (MAP (MSC/SGSN))
in a switching device (MSC/SGSN) or location request treatment device
(V-GMLC), enabling (MSC/SGSN/V-GMLC) a subscriber (MS) to be currently
reached, the subscriber data bank (HLR) indicates the address (MAP
(H-GMLC) of another location request treatment device (H-GMLC-R6) instead
of a switching device address (MAP (MSC/SGSN)) in an answer (Ack
(MSC(SGSN)) if the request is a request from a version (R5) of a location
request treatment device wherein said version (R5) includes provision
such that the location request treatment device (GMLC-R5) receives
switching device data (MAP(MSC/SGSN) from the subscriber data base (HLR)
as an answer.