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Utilizing emergency procedures to determine location information of a voice over internet protocol device

  • US 8,605,653 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2010
  • Issued: 12/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of utilizing emergency procedures to determine location information, comprising:

  • operating a wireless access gateway to couple a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network to a broadband access gateway in a Voice Over Internet Protocol Network;

    finding a port within the Voice Over Internet Protocol Network that receives packets from a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) device coupled to the MSC by the wireless access gateway;

    performing a wiremap location determination based on the found port to determine location information of the VOIP device in the Voice Over Internet Protocol Network;

    storing, by the wireless access gateway, the location information;

    receiving, by the wireless access gateway, a request for a location of the VOIP device from the MSC in said Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network;

    translating, by the wireless access gateway, the stored location information into a format used by the MSC in said Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network to receive location information for a Radio Access Network (RAN); and

    providing, by the wireless access gateway, the translated location information to the MSC.

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