HLR
E523114
HLR (Home Location Register) is a central database in mobile networks that stores and manages subscriber information, authentication data, and location details for GSM users.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HLR canonical | 6 |
| Home Location Register (HLR) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5481347 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HLR Context triple: [GSM core network, includesElement, HLR]
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A.
HRL
HRL is a renowned research center known for pioneering work in fields such as microelectronics, information and quantum sciences, and advanced materials.
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B.
HL
HL is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Lübeck.
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C.
HEL
HEL is the three-letter IATA airport code for Helsinki Airport, the main international gateway to Finland’s capital region.
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D.
HRP
HRP is a high-level long-distance hiking route that traverses the Pyrenees along or near the French–Spanish border from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
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E.
HLC
HLC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Harvard Longwood Campus, a major Harvard University hub for medical and public health education and research in Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HLR Target entity description: HLR (Home Location Register) is a central database in mobile networks that stores and manages subscriber information, authentication data, and location details for GSM users.
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A.
HRL
HRL is a renowned research center known for pioneering work in fields such as microelectronics, information and quantum sciences, and advanced materials.
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B.
HL
HL is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Lübeck.
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C.
HEL
HEL is the three-letter IATA airport code for Helsinki Airport, the main international gateway to Finland’s capital region.
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D.
HRP
HRP is a high-level long-distance hiking route that traverses the Pyrenees along or near the French–Spanish border from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
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E.
HLC
HLC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Harvard Longwood Campus, a major Harvard University hub for medical and public health education and research in Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Home Location Register
ⓘ
mobile network core component ⓘ subscriber database ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SIM card
ⓘ
subscriber identity module ⓘ |
| communicatesWith |
AuC
ⓘ
Authentication Center ⓘ
linked to:
Key Distribution Center
EIR ⓘ Equipment Identity Register ⓘ MSC ⓘ Mobile Switching Centre ⓘ SMSC ⓘ Short Message Service Center ⓘ
linked to:
Short Message Service Centre
VLR ⓘ Visitor Location Register ⓘ |
| definedBy | 3GPP ⓘ |
| definedIn | GSM standards ⓘ |
| evolvedTo |
HSS
ⓘ
Home Subscriber Server ⓘ |
| locatedIn | home network ⓘ |
| roleIn |
SMS delivery to mobile subscribers
ⓘ
call termination to mobile subscribers ⓘ inter-operator roaming ⓘ roaming management ⓘ subscriber registration ⓘ |
| stores |
IMSI
ⓘ
International Mobile Subscriber Identity ⓘ Ki authentication key ⓘ MSISDN ⓘ Mobile Station ISDN Number ⓘ authentication data ⓘ authentication vectors ⓘ barring settings ⓘ call forwarding settings ⓘ current MSC address ⓘ current VLR address ⓘ location information ⓘ roaming restrictions ⓘ subscriber profiles ⓘ subscriber service subscription data ⓘ subscriber status ⓘ supplementary service data ⓘ |
| supports |
SMS routing
ⓘ
call routing ⓘ location management ⓘ mobility management ⓘ subscriber authentication ⓘ |
| usedIn |
2G networks
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3G networks ⓘ GSM networks ⓘ circuit-switched mobile networks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HLR Description of subject: HLR (Home Location Register) is a central database in mobile networks that stores and manages subscriber information, authentication data, and location details for GSM users.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: HLR