Providing communications capabilities to mobile devices at an enterprise
First Claim
1. A network operation center (NOC) in a telecommunications system, comprising:
- a NOC network for supporting communications with one or more remote enterprises, each enterprise including at least one base transceiver station (BTS) for interfacing with mobile devices at the enterprise; and
a softswitch in communication with the BTSs at the remote enterprises via the NOC network for providing communications capabilities to the mobile devices at the enterprises.
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Abstract
A softswitch at a network operations center (NOC) is in data communication with one or more enterprises. The softswitch performs call processing, mobility management, and media connection switching and signaling to provide communications capabilities including basic and enhanced calling features to mobile devices at the enterprises. The softswitch routes control signals for calls between the enterprises and the NOC, but routes call media on the most efficient point-to-point paths between the devices on the calls. This routing reduces the amount of bandwidth required between the enterprises and the NOC and provides economies of scale, thereby allowing a centralized NOC to efficiently support multiple enterprises. Each enterprise has an internet protocol (IP)-based network coupling one or more base station transceivers for providing coverage to the mobile devices. Each enterprise optionally has a media gateway connected to the IP network and a private branch exchange and/or public telephone network.
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39 Claims
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1. A network operation center (NOC) in a telecommunications system, comprising:
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a NOC network for supporting communications with one or more remote enterprises, each enterprise including at least one base transceiver station (BTS) for interfacing with mobile devices at the enterprise; and
a softswitch in communication with the BTSs at the remote enterprises via the NOC network for providing communications capabilities to the mobile devices at the enterprises. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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18. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer-readable medium having computer program code embodied therein for providing communications capabilities to a plurality of mobile devices at an enterprise remote from a network operations center (NOC), the mobile devices in communication with base transceiver stations (BTSs) at the enterprise, and the BTSs communicating via an enterprise internet protocol (IP) network, the computer program code comprising;
a softswitch module adapted to provide the communications capabilities to the mobile devices, to cause data representative of control signals for providing the communications capabilities to be transmitted among the BTS and the NOC, and to cause data representative of call media to be transmitted point-to-point across the enterprise IP network.
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26. A method of providing communications capabilities to mobile devices at a remote enterprise, the remote enterprise including at least one base transceiver station (BTS) for interfacing with the mobile devices at the enterprise, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a network operations center (NOC) network for supporting communications with the remote enterprise; and
providing a softswitch in communication with the BTS at the remote enterprises via the NOC network, the softswitch for providing the communications capabilities to the mobile devices at the enterprise.
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