Patent ID: 7774278
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a trunk interface unit having a plurality of subscriber ports, each port being coupled to a trunk of a central telephone switch a plurality of subscriber line interface cards, each coupled to a subscriber port to provide loop interface functions to the central telephone switch; a subscriber interface module associated with each subscriber line interface card; a radio transceiver to communicate with a wireless cellular communications network using a wireless trunk; a control section coupled to each subscriber line interface card, to each of the subscriber interface modules, and to the radio transceiver to receive voice and signaling from each of the subscriber line interface cards to package and format the received voice and signaling for the wireless communications network and, using the subscriber interface modules, to coordinate and control over the air protocols of the wireless communications network, and a wireless access communications unit to route calls from user stations coupled to the central telephone switch to the wireless cellular communications network in response to a command received from the central telephone switch.