Nortel Networks Corporation

Kevin H Klinge

Samuel Henry Christie, Iv

William D Gentry

David P Ress

R Emery Hanzel

Richard M Coyle

A system for providing wireline telephone services to wireless subscribers utilizing a packet data networkThe system includes a base station controller (BSC)a base station controller gateway (BGW)for providing client based services to mobile subscribers and providing protocol mapping between a mobile protocol and a packet data network protocol. The system further comprises a mobility gatekeeper (GK)for managing network mobility services for each wireless call including the establishment of a call control path and a speech path between said base station controller and a serving end office telephone point. The system also comprises a end office gateway (EOGW)for providing protocol conversion between the packet data network protocol and the end office point data protocol such that a wireless subscriber has access to all wireline services provided by the end office point. A mobile switching center (MSC)and mobile switching center gateway (MGW)are included to facilitate inter-system call handoffs into an existing circuit-switched wireless telephony network.

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Kevin H Klinge