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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1998
Anjana Agarwal, Wheaton, IL (US);
Anthony Buttitta, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Viraraghavan Sudarsan, Naperville, IL (US);
Janice Marie Wunsch, Naperville, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
In a wireless telecommunications network, apparatus and method for code gapping messages from mobile switching centers to switching control points. The switching control point, (SCP), sends a stand-alone message containing only code gap control information to each of the MSCs served by the SCP. The code gap control message specifies the types of messages which are to be subject to code gap control, as well as the code gap interval and overall timer interval. The message further specifies such details as the range of digits of calls for which messages are to be subject to code gap control. Advantageously, the specification of the details of code gap control is made more efficient.