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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1999
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus providing minimal systems alterations in non-GSM cellular systems wishing to incorporate GSM GPRS messaging capability. This is accomplished by giving a registering terminal or MS an IP address for use in receiving both signaling and traffic data messages rather than using the SGSN as the traffic receiving entity and forwarding traffic to the MS from the SGSN and requiring signaling messages to be transmitted from the MSC to the MS by other means. This approach simplifies the integration of GPRS capability into any non-GSM configuration cellular system by providing a generic way to exchange signaling information between any MSC, having a known IP address, and any MS with an assigned IP address.