Patent ID: 7623508
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A node of a communications network comprising: plural interfaces connected to respective plural external networks from which the node obtains differing types of media services and provides the differing types of media services to a stationary equipment unit, the plural interfaces including: an Iu-CS interface configured for connection toward a circuit switched core mobile network; an Iu-PS interface configured for connection toward a packet switched core mobile network; a connection control unit configured to use a modified UTRAN signaling protocol for dynamically establishing multiple concurrent access bearers for providing the stationary equipment unit with types of access bearers and services as are provided to a WCDMA user equipment unit, the modified UTRAN signaling protocol being configured to remove physical parameters related to radio resources and to add information elements which relate to a transport layer for the physical link; a bearer service processing unit configured to map the multiple concurrent access bearers into packets of a transport protocol of a single essentially fixed location physical link, differing ones of the multiple access bearers being configured for utilization by the differing types of the media services; and a port configured to connect the access network controller node to a first endpoint of the fixed location physical link, a second endpoint of the fixed location physical link being connected to the stationary equipment unit.