FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: method and apparatus for replacing a wireless network based on an equivalent public land mobile network (EPLMN) are disclosed. The method involves establishing a new network and configuring a public land mobile network (PLMN) of the new network as a second public land mobile network; configuring a cell of the new network with the same station address for each cell of a current network as an inter-frequency neighbour cell; a core network side of the current network sending an EPLMN list including a first public land mobile network and a second public land mobile network to a user needing to migrate to the new network; and changing the PLMN of the new network from the second public land mobile network to the first public land mobile network after all of the users of the current network migrate into the new network, and deleting the EPLMN list of the core network side of the new network.
EFFECT: increasing service quality perception of a user when replacing a WCDMA network by eliminating communication service interruption for all network users.
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