Patent ID: 9144112
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of determining, by a virtual base station controller (VBSC) in communication with a plurality of base station subsystems (BSSs), if legs of a call between a first mobile station and a second mobile station should be locally switched in a corresponding BSS, each call comprising a first leg associated with the first mobile station and a second leg associated with the second mobile station, the method comprising: sending user-to-user information by a user-to-user signaling (UUS) service from the first mobile station to the second mobile station; inserting, by the VBSC, the user-to-user information into at least one message that relates to the first leg of a first call, the inserted user-to-user information including at least one identifier; receiving, at the VBSC, a plurality of messages related to setting up second legs of a set of calls; checking the received messages related to the setting up the second legs of the set of calls to identify a selected message that includes user-to-user information comprising the at least one identifier; and checking if the first leg and a second leg setup by the selected message are terminated in a same routing zone of a base station subsystem and, if they are, causing the first leg and the second leg setup by the selected message to be locally switched within the routing zone of the corresponding BSS.