Patent ID: 7050800
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in which a wireless terminal accesses a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) through a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising: said terminal registering with the WLAN and acquiring a user ID; responsive to the terminal registering with the WLAN, said WLAN registering the terminal's user ID with a UMTS transceiver on the UMTS for purposes of a UMTS service watch; responsive to registering the terminal's user ID, said UMTS transceiver watching for UMTS service messages to be delivered to the terminal; when a UMTS service message to be delivered to the terminal is detected, the UMTS transferring the service message to the UMTS transceiver; the UMTS transceiver transmitting the UMTS service message over a UMTS air interface directly to a format converter on the WLAN; the format converter converting the UMTS service message to a WLAN message format; the format converter communicating the UMTS message in WLAN message format to the WLAN; and the WLAN delivering the UMTS message in WLAN format to the terminal.