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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2002
Donald Joong, Montreal, CA;
Raj Sanmugam, Cornwall, CA;
Samy Touati, Rosemere, CA;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a text control message for carrying control information from a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) to a terminal in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The text message has a code for indicating to the terminal that the text message contains control information and a text portion being the control information. A logical node located in WWAN that sends control information to a terminal located in a WLAN. The logical node receives information regarding the terminal from a Wireless Serving Node (WSN) located in the WLAN. The logical node has knowledge of an access point connected to the WSN that currently serves the terminal in the WLAN. The logical node triggers, in a message center of the WWAN, the sending of the text message to the terminal.