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Unlicensed mobile access network (UMAN) system and method

  • US 20060209799A1
  • Filed: 02/09/2006
  • Published: 09/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) system having a UMA device a UMA network controller (UNC), wherein said UMA system communicates with a core network comprising a mobile switching center (MSC) and a serving general packet radio service support node (SGSN), a method for communicatively coupling said UMA device and said core network, said method comprising:

  • a) using a first protocol standard that carries audio data to communicatively couple said UNC and said UMA device;

    b) relaying a subset of messages of the first protocol standard from the UNC to the core network, wherein said subset of messages are in a second protocol that is a subset of the first protocol;

    c) wherein said first protocol standard comprises a set of messages for performing discovery and registration operations; and

    d) wherein said relaying is without translation of said set of messages of the first protocol.

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