Internet base station with a telephone line

• US 20050068943A1
• Filed: 08/06/2004
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Scheinert, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 7,450,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42263 where the same subscriber uses different terminals, i.e. nomadism

Abstract

A low power base station with a VoIP telephone line is used to combine fixed and wireless services. The device uses the Internet to communicate with a Mobile Switching Center. The base station is configured to connect to the Internet at a user-selected location and establishes a small area of wireless coverage within a greater macrocell network and providing a fixed line connection for the analog telephones at home or in the office.

Claims

1. A base station with an integrated terminal adapter (TA) configured to convey wireless traffic between a mobile station and a conventional wireless network via the Internet, the base station being configured to connect to the Internet at a user-selected location, wherein the base station is configured to connect to at least one fixed telephone.

2. A base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the TA is linked to an RJ-11 analog telephone output.

3. A base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the TA is linked to an ISDN or an Ethernet output to permit connection of ISDN phones or IP phones to the base station.

4. A base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user-selected location is a home or office.

5. A base station as claimed in claim 1 that is configured for connection to multiple fixed telephones.

6. A base station as claimed in claim 1 that can handle multiple mobile handsets by utilizing different caller ID content and/or different prefixes for outgoing calls for fixed telephones.

7. A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) that forwards calls from mobiles to a base station as claimed in claim 1.

8. A terminal adapter (TA) device that links a mobile subscriber'"'"'s fixed phones to the MSC or VoIP gateway of the subscriber'"'"'s mobile carrier via the Internet.

9. A device as claimed in claim 8 that provides multiple outputs for connection of multiple fixed phones.

10. A device as claimed in claim 8 that can handle multiple mobile handsets by using different caller ID content and/or different prefixes for outgoing calls for the fixed telephones.

11. A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) that forwards calls from the mobiles to a device as claimed in claim 8.

12. A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) that uses a VoIP line to generate a mobile originated call.

13. A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) as claimed in claim 12 that uses a “

mobile identification”

when using a VoIP line as a call originator.

14. A base station which detects if the mobile is being switched off or being set to “

fixed” and

locally linked to the fixed telephone to activate the call forwarding to the corresponding fixed telephone.