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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Vinod Kannan, Acton, MA (US);

Shasidhar Kura, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Inventors:

Vinod Kannan, Acton, MA (US);

Shasidhar Kura, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Assignee:

Taqua Wireless, LLC, Richardson, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method configured to implement an inter-MSC based handoff of a mobile device between a packet switched network and a mobile core network. In embodiments implementing a handoff from a femtocell to a macrocell, from the perspective of a neighboring MSC on a mobile core network, IP or VOIP information from a femtocell which is in communication with the convergence server, is perceived as having the same protocol as information which originates from a macrocell. Inversely, in embodiments implementing a hand-in to the femtocell from a macrocell, information which originates from a macrocell, which is in communication with the convergence server, would be perceived as IP or VOIP code to the femtocell. Accordingly, a target MSC in a handoff is agnostic of the fact that the mobile device entering into the macrocell was actually attached to a femtocell. Thus, embodiments of the present invention allow existing inter-MSC based handoff solutions to be leveraged.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kannan, Vinod. (2014). Hand-out and hand-in support for legacy mobiles serviced by a femtocell attached to an ims network (U.S. Patent No. 8805370). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8805370

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