Patent ID: 6122508
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A mobile switching center (MSC) comprising:a controlled switching network (SWT) for connection to one or more base station subsystems (BSS), said one or more base station subsystems (BSS) serving for communicating by radio with mobile subscriber terminals; andan interface unit (IF) connected to the controlled switching network (SWT) for interfacing to a concentrator (FSU) which combines a plurality (n) of wireline subscriber lines of wireline subscriber terminals (T1 to Tn),wherein the interface unit connects the subscriber lines, combined by means of the concentrator, to the controlled switching network (SWT) in such a way that each of the wireline subscriber lines is connected to the switching network with the same available service features as those afforded to a mobile subscriber terminal, and wherein the interface unit comprises a multiplexer and a demultiplexer to permit connection of the concentrator (FSU) via a multichannel link.