Wireless access for local exchange carriers
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1. A wireless access system that enables a local exchange carrier to provide wireless access to wireline services by a mobile radiotelephone, the system comprising:
- a plurality of cells, each cell comprising a base station and antenna for communicating with the radiotelephone;
a first set of local exchange carrier switches, each switch of said first set of local exchange carrier switches having a first set of input/output ports and a second set of input/output ports, each input/output port of said first set of input/output ports being assigned to a radiotelephone, each input/output port of said second set of input/output ports being coupled to a wireline subscriber unit, the first set of local exchange carrier switches coupled to other sets of local exchange carrier switches; and
a Mobility Node connected to the input/output ports of said first set of input/output ports of each switch of said set of local exchange carrier switches, at least on cell of the plurality of cells, and a subscriber database, each Mobility Node additionally connected, through a predetermined protocol line, to other Mobility Nodes of the plurality of Mobility Nodes, each Mobility Node comprising a processor that converts predetermined signals from a first protocol to a second protocol.
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Abstract
The Mobility Node (101) of the present invention maps signals, dialed digits, or other information from the mobile (140-142) to the appropriate protocols of the local exchange carrier'"'"'s (LEC) Class 5 switch (120-123) and vice versa. If the signal does not have an LEC or base station equivalent, the Mobility Node (101) performs the appropriate processing. Multiple Mobility Nodes (101) are connected by a predetermined protocol link to enable inter-system communication.
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1. A wireless access system that enables a local exchange carrier to provide wireless access to wireline services by a mobile radiotelephone, the system comprising:
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a plurality of cells, each cell comprising a base station and antenna for communicating with the radiotelephone; a first set of local exchange carrier switches, each switch of said first set of local exchange carrier switches having a first set of input/output ports and a second set of input/output ports, each input/output port of said first set of input/output ports being assigned to a radiotelephone, each input/output port of said second set of input/output ports being coupled to a wireline subscriber unit, the first set of local exchange carrier switches coupled to other sets of local exchange carrier switches; and a Mobility Node connected to the input/output ports of said first set of input/output ports of each switch of said set of local exchange carrier switches, at least on cell of the plurality of cells, and a subscriber database, each Mobility Node additionally connected, through a predetermined protocol line, to other Mobility Nodes of the plurality of Mobility Nodes, each Mobility Node comprising a processor that converts predetermined signals from a first protocol to a second protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for a local exchange carrier to provide wireline services to a mobile radiotelephone through a local exchange carrier Class 5 office switch, the mobile radiotelephone communicating with base stations that are coupled to a port of the Class 5 office switch assigned to said mobile radiotelephone through a port of a Mobility Node assigned to said mobile radio telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring, for a received signal, the port in the Mobility Node; if the received signal is from a Class 5 office switch, transforming the received signal from a local exchange carrier protocol signal to a radio frequency protocol signal; and if the received signal is from a base station, transforming the received signal from a radio frequency protocol signal to a local exchange carrier protocol signal. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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