Patent ID: 7477897
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for servicing communications from a Call Control Entity (CCE) to a wireless terminal, comprising: communicatively coupling the CCE with a wireless local area network (WLAN), the WLAN having a plurality of Access Points (APs); receiving at the CCE a call for the wireless terminal; determining the physical location of the wireless terminal relative to coverage areas of individual ones of the plurality of APs within the WLAN; allocating WLAN resources to service the call, when the wireless terminal is within a coverage area of one of the plurality of APs based on call servicing factors; delivering the call to the wireless terminal via the WLAN if: attempting to deliver the call to the wireless terminal via an alternate network based on the call servicing factors; wherein the call servicing factors include: