Patent ID: 8750093
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating between a plurality of base station controllers and at least one mobile switching center, the method comprising: initiating an active process on an active Internet Protocol Signaling Concentrator (IPSC) and a standby process on a redundant (IPSC) configured as a backup to the active (IPSC), the active (IPSC) and the redundant (IPSC) intermediate the plurality of base station controllers and the at least one mobile switching center; receiving a data message from at least one of the plurality of base station controllers on the active (IPSC); detecting a communication failure by at least one of the active process and the standby process, in response to the received data message; and automatically configuring the redundant (IPSC) to become the active (IPSC).