Providing ip-based communications capabilities to mobile devices
First Claim
1. A network operation center (NOC) in a telecommunications system, comprising:
- a NOC network for supporting communications at one or more remote locations, each location including at least one base transceiver station (BTS) for interfacing with mobile devices at the location; and
a softswitch in communication with the BTSs at the remote locations via the NOC network for providing communications capabilities to the mobile devices at the locations.
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Abstract
A softswitch at a network operations center (NOC) is in data communication with base transceiver stations (BTSs) at one or more locations. The softswitch performs call processing, mobility management, and media connection switching and signaling to provide communications capabilities to mobile devices in communication with the BTSs. 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 locations and the NOC and provides economies of scale, thereby allowing a centralized NOC to efficiently support BTSs at multiple locations. Each location has an internet protocol (IP)-based network coupling one or more BTSs for providing coverage to the mobile devices. Each location optionally has a media gateway connected to the IP network and a private branch exchange and/or public telephone network.
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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 at one or more remote locations, each location including at least one base transceiver station (BTS) for interfacing with mobile devices at the location; and
a softswitch in communication with the BTSs at the remote locations via the NOC network for providing communications capabilities to the mobile devices at the locations. - 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 a location remote from a network operations center (NOC), the mobile devices in communication with base transceiver stations (BTSs) at the location, and the BTSs communicating via an 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 IP network at the location.
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26. A method of providing communications capabilities to mobile devices at a remote location, the remote location including at least one base transceiver station (BTS) for interfacing with the mobile devices at the location, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a network operations center (NOC) network for supporting communications with the remote location; and
providing a softswitch in communication with the BTS at the remote location via the NOC network, the softswitch for providing the communications capabilities to the mobile devices at the location.
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