Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Kim Phuc Vo

Jean-Francois Bertrand

George Foti

Francis Lupien

Bartosz Balazinski

Hung Tran

Wayne S Tom

Suhail Hasan

Zeng-Jun Xiang

Yang Lu

A system and method of providing an integrated wireless telecommunications network including a cellular network portion and a packet-switched network portion. The cellular network portion provides legacy mobile telecommunications functionality to mobile subscribers. The packet-switched network portion is provided for transporting communication traffic, wherein the communication traffic comprises traffic originated from a mobile subscriber, traffic intended for a mobile subscriber, or both. The network also includes a gateway disposed between the cellular network portion and the packet-switched network portion for providing a communication path therebetween. An interworking interface module is provided between the cellular network portion and the packet-switched network portion. The interworking interface module preferably comprises a mobility gateway and an IP client (or proxy), wherein the mobility gateway handles mobility management information and the translation of control signaling information between the cellular network portion and the packet-switched network portion. The IP client handles communication traffic with one or more associated servers disposed in the PSN with respect to, e.g., mobility management, security/authentication, and subscriber services of the mobile subscriber.

System and method for providing wireless telephony over a packet-switched network

A method of reducing speech delay and improving speech quality in digital transmission systems by implementing a single coder-decoder (codec) for an entire speech path from a calling party to a called party. The method is applicable to calls between mobile subscribers and between a mobile subscriber and an H.323 client terminal in a data network. After obtaining location information for the called party, an indication of a requested codec is sent from the calling party to the called party utilizing Integrated Services Data Network User Part (ISUP) or Primary Rate Interface (PRI) out-of-band signaling during call setup. If the called party supports the requested codec, a confirmation of the requested codec is sent from the called party to the calling party. A speech path is then established between the parties, and a single codec translation is performed for the entire speech path. If the called party does not support the calling party's codec, but the serving MSCs for both parties support the calling party's codec, the calling party's codec is utilized all the way to the called party's serving MSC. One additional codec translation is then performed in the called party's serving MSC to convert to the codec supported by the called party.

End-to-end coder/decoder (codec)

A system and method for providing short message service point-to-point extension phone service within a radio telecommunications network. The system includes a gateway mobile switching center (G-MSC), a home location register (HLR), a plurality of mobile switching centers (MSCs), and a plurality of intelligent terminals. The intelligent terminals are assigned to a single common pilot directory number (PDN) in addition to their individual directory numbers. When a call directed to the PDN is received in the G-MSC, the G-MSC sends a routing request message to the HLR. The HLR sends a short message service (SMS) data transmission to each of the plurality of intelligent terminals assigned to the PDN notifying associated mobile subscribers of an incoming extension phone call. Mobile subscribers desiring to accept the call utilize their intelligent terminals to send a responding SMS message back to the HLR. Upon receiving a response accepting the call from one or more of the notified intelligent terminals, the HLR selectively reports the temporary location directory number (TLDN) of one responding intelligent terminal to the G-MSC. The G-MSC then routes the incoming call to the selected responding intelligent terminal.

System and method for implementing short message service extension

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Kim Phuc Vo