Patent ID: 6055443
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A cellular pool apparatus for use in a cellular data connection, the cellular data connection comprising a DCE of a cellular user, a network connection, and a DCE of a PSTN user, the network connection comprising a cellular-side network connection and a PSTN-side network connection, the network connection completing before the DCE of the cellular user communicates with the cellular pool apparatus and the network connection completing before the DCE of the PSTN user communicates with the cellular pool apparatus, the apparatus comprising:means for coupling transparent call progress information between a first communications channel associated with a cellular-side of the cellular data connection and a second communications channel associated with a PSTN-side of the cellular data connection, the transparent call progress information being coupled between the first communications channel and the second communications channel during at least a data call setup portion of a data call, the data call setup portion of a data call being the part of a data call associated with completing the network connection; andmodem means coupled to the first communications channel and coupled to the second communications channel, the modem means for establishing the cellular data connection subsequent to the data call setup portion of the data call.