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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt Essigmann, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370331 ; 370385 ; 455439 ;
Abstract
A mobile switching center (MSC) not equipped with the necessary hardware/software devices or modules communicates with a Shared Interworking Function node to provide an Interworking function (IWF) service to a particular mobile station. Control data associated with the requested IWF service are transported from the serving MSC to the SIWF node using basic and supplementary Integrated Service Digital Network User Part (ISUP) signals. Such control data are encapsulated into optional parameters within the transmitted ISUP signals and transparently transported from the serving MSC to the SIWF telecommunications node.