Patent ID: 7835346
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A media gateway for establishing a transcoding free connection between unlicensed mobile access (UMA) and universal mobile telecommunications service (UMTS) legs of a connection, the media gateway comprising: (a) at least one broadband interface for sending media packets to and from a UMA leg and a UMTS leg of a connection; (b) a packet switching fabric for forwarding media packets between the at least one broadband interface and at least one internal processing resource of the media gateway; (c) at least one voice server for performing voice processing functions for media packets received from the UMA leg and the UMTS leg; and (d) a UMA-UMTS transcoder free operation controller for establishing a transcoding free connection within the media gateway between the UMA and the UMTS legs via the at least one broadband interface, the packet switching fabric, and the at least one voice server.