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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Randall R. Stewart, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Edgar Martinez, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Tom Joyner, Chicago, IL (US);
Rich Noradt, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a handover of a communication signal ( ) associated with a mobile communication unit ( ) between a Generic C-based wireless communication system ( ) and a MSC-based wireless communication system ( ), is disclosed. The handover method includes establishing a plurality of trunks ( ) between a landline switch ( ) and a MSC ( ). The method also includes configuring a landline number routing table ( ) and a landline trunk group table ( ) in the landline switch ( ), a mobile trunk group table ( ) in the MSC ( ), and establishing a message translation table ( ) in the computing platform ( ), such that one of the plurality of trunks and an associated signaling path to the computing platform ( ) are always selected when the handover is required.