Patent ID: 8638764
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing mobile telecommunications, comprising: receiving, by a gateway that aggregates a plurality of radio network controllers over a shared radio network controller connection to a mobile switching center (MSC) server, via a first communication interface associated with the shared radio network controller connection to the MSC server, uplink messages from respective ones of a plurality of small scale base stations, the uplink messages comprising data from different sources; aggregating, by the gateway, the uplink messages; transmitting, by the gateway, all of the aggregated uplink messages as a single stream to the MSC server via the shared radio network controller connection; receiving, by the gateway, a downlink mobile telecommunications signaling message; and mapping, by the gateway, the downlink mobile telecommunications signaling message to one of the plurality of small scale base stations, the small scale base stations being configured to perform functions of the plurality of radio network controllers.