Patent ID: 6920126

Claim:
A method for routing links through a packet-oriented communication network, and for communicating with a mobile radio network, the method which comprises: providing a mobile radio network that includes at least one home location register for administering mobile stations of mobile subscribers and that uses a signaling protocol for communication between network facilities of the mobile radio network; providing a packet-oriented communication network that includes at least one domain having at least one network facility for administering communication terminals in the at least one domain; enabling the at least one network facility of the packet-oriented communication network to support the signaling protocol for interworking with the home location register of the mobile radio network; and with the network facility of the packet-oriented communication network, using the signaling protocol to direct an inquiry to the home location register of the mobile radio network as to whether a routing of a link is to be performed in the packet-oriented communication network or in the mobile radio network.