Patent ID: 7218935
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communications network comprising: a base transceiver station (BTS) in each cell of a plurality of wireless cells, wireless communications devices in said each cell wirelessly communicating with a corresponding said BTS; a plurality of base station controllers in communication with one another and managing spanning calls, said each BTS being connected to one base station controller (BSC), each said BTS connected to said one BSC being a local BTS in a local cell and each said BTS connected to another said one BSC being a remote BTS in a remote cell, said spanning calls being between said wireless communications devices in one said local cell and one said remote cell; and a gateway server in each of at least two BSCs, each said gateway server providing call linkage for managed said spanning calls in call context objects separate from said managed spanning calls.