Patent ID: 6233465
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: H04L,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
In a communication system having a wireline network linked to a wireless network, a system for selectively directing call traffic originating from the wireline network to a mobile transceiver unit associated with a particular wireline termination unit comprising:a wireline switch assigned to handle calls to and from the subscriber wireline termination unit;a wireless unit location register for maintaining a first database for each of a plurality of geographic coverage areas containing information indicative of mobile transceiver unit registration status and location;an access manager located within each of the plurality of geographic coverage areas and arranged to communicate with the wireless unit location register for managing mobility of mobile transceiver units within the system, each of the access managers being linked by an inter-access manager communication line, wherein each wireline switch is directly linked to an access managers located in a corresponding geographic area, with each access manager arranged to determine whether an incoming call from the wireline switch is intended for a mobile transceiver unit currently being serviced by a different access manager, and automatically transferring the call to the serving access manager via the inter-access manager communication line.