Patent ID: 8605653
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of utilizing emergency procedures to determine location information, comprising: operating a wireless access gateway to couple a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network to a broadband access gateway in a Voice Over Internet Protocol Network; finding a port within the Voice Over Internet Protocol Network that receives packets from a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) device coupled to the MSC by the wireless access gateway; performing a wiremap location determination based on the found port to determine location information of the VOIP device in the Voice Over Internet Protocol Network; storing, by the wireless access gateway, the location information; receiving, by the wireless access gateway, a request for a location of the VOIP device from the MSC in said Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network; translating, by the wireless access gateway, the stored location information into a format used by the MSC in said Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network to receive location information for a Radio Access Network (RAN); and providing, by the wireless access gateway, the translated location information to the MSC.