Patent ID: 6434382
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A cellular communication system for establishing a multi-media communication connection for a selected mobile subscriber station to implement multi-media communications with another subscriber station, comprising:means, responsive to initiation of a multi-media communication connection, having a plurality of media components, for said selected mobile subscriber station, for initiating a plurality of concurrently active call models in a controller of said cellular communication system, each of said plurality of concurrently active call models serving a one of said plurality of media components and each of said plurality of concurrently active call models operating independent of others of said plurality of concurrently active call models; means for establishing a communication connection between said selected mobile subscriber station and said another subscriber station for each of said concurrently active call models to form a plurality of simultaneous communication connections, each of said plurality of simultaneous communication connections serving a one of said plurality of media components served by an associated call model; and means for processing each of said plurality of call models substantially independent of others of said plurality of call models to establish said plurality of simultaneous communication connections to serve said selected mobile subscriber station.