Element for a communications system
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1. A network element, comprising:
- a first interface configured to communicate with a first internet protocol based network using an internet protocol to receive signals from and send signals to the first network, said first internet protocol based network being a private computer based network comprising wireless capabilities, said first interface being configured such that internet protocol traffic intended for a wireless user equipment within said first internet protocol based network from another user equipment within said first network can occur without any signaling occurring externally of said first network; and
a second interface configured to communicate with a second external packet data network via an internet protocol based connection to receive signals from and send signals to the second packet data network, said wireless user equipment being usable with said second network,wherein the network element is located between the first internet protocol based network and the second external packet data network, andwherein said network element is configured to determine whether a particular wireless user equipment is a subscriber of the first network and when said particular wireless user equipment is not a subscriber of the first network to make a query to a home location register in said second network.
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Abstract
A network element (104), said network element being arranged to act between a first IP based network (100) and a second packet data network (200), said element comprising: a first interface arranged to communicate with said first IP based network using said IP protocol to receive signals from and send signals to the first network, said first IP based network being a private computer based network comprising wireless capabilities, a second interface arranged to communicate with said second network via an IP based connection to receive signals from and send signals to the second network.
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23 Claims
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1. A network element, comprising:
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a first interface configured to communicate with a first internet protocol based network using an internet protocol to receive signals from and send signals to the first network, said first internet protocol based network being a private computer based network comprising wireless capabilities, said first interface being configured such that internet protocol traffic intended for a wireless user equipment within said first internet protocol based network from another user equipment within said first network can occur without any signaling occurring externally of said first network; and a second interface configured to communicate with a second external packet data network via an internet protocol based connection to receive signals from and send signals to the second packet data network, said wireless user equipment being usable with said second network, wherein the network element is located between the first internet protocol based network and the second external packet data network, and wherein said network element is configured to determine whether a particular wireless user equipment is a subscriber of the first network and when said particular wireless user equipment is not a subscriber of the first network to make a query to a home location register in said second network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A network element, comprising:
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first interface means for communicating with a first internet protocol based network using an internet protocol to receive signals from and send signals to the first network, said first internet protocol based network being a private computer based network comprising wireless capabilities, said interface being configured such that internet protocol traffic intended for a wireless user equipment within said first internet protocol based network from another user equipment within said first network can occur without any signaling occurring externally of said first network; and second interface means for communicating with a second external packet data network via an internet protocol based connection to receive signals from and send signals to the second packet data network, said wireless user equipment being usable with said second network, wherein the network element is located between the first internet protocol based network and the second external packet data network, and wherein said network element comprises means for determining whether a particular wireless user equipment is a subscriber of the first network and means for making a query to a home location register in said second network when said particular wireless user equipment is not a subscriber of the first network.
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