Patent ID: 8326349
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining and selecting, by an access device, for a cellular call to a callee received by a cellular transceiver of the access device, one of a plurality of networks to route the cellular call to, the determining and selecting being based at least on a type of each of a plurality of network interfaces of the access device and availability of each corresponding network, the network interfaces including at least two of a cellular retransmitter, an IP networking interface, or a PSTN interface, wherein the access device is a standalone device coupled between a cellular handset and the plurality of networks, and wherein the access device is coupled to each of the cellular handset and the plurality of networks wirelessly or by a wire; when a cellular network, coupled wirelessly to the access device, is determined and selected, relaying, by the access device, the cellular call using the cellular retransmitter; and when an IP or PSTN network, coupled to the access device wirelessly or by a wire, is determined and selected, establishing on behalf of the cellular call, by the access device, an outgoing call to the callee through the IP or PSTN network respectively, and translating, by the access device, signals of the cellular call to signals for the IP or PSTN network respectively.