Patent ID: 8009680

Claim:
A method for a private wireless network interface comprising: establishing, by the private wireless network interface, communication with a broadband network; transmitting, by the private wireless network interface through the broadband network, a registration request to register the private network interface to a wireless macro network comprising a unique identifier of the private wireless network interface and a unique identifier of a mobile station associated with the private wireless network interface, wherein the wireless macro network provides wireless communication services according to a first wireless communication protocol; and providing, by the private wireless network interface, wireless communication services according to the first wireless communication protocol to the mobile station, when the private wireless network interface receives a registration response from the wireless macro network indicating that the mobile station is authorized to access the wireless macro network; receiving, by the private wireless network interface, a first packet formatted in a first wireless communication protocol, determining whether a payload portion of the first packet contains signaling information; converting the payload portion of the first packet containing signaling information into at least one session initiation protocol (SIP) packet, when it is determined that the payload portion of the first packet contains the signaling information; encapsulating the payload portion of the first packet into at least one second packet, wherein the at least one second packet is formatted in a second protocol; and transmitting to a mobility server of the wireless macro network, the at least one second packet, wherein the at least one second packet is transmitted using the second protocol through the broadband network, wherein the payload portion of the first packet is encapsulated and transmitted only when the first packet was received from the mobile station which is authorized to access the private wireless network interface, and authorization to access the private wireless network interface is based upon a registration comprising: receiving, by the private wireless network interface, a registration request from the mobile station; transmitting, by the private wireless network interface, the registration request to the wireless macro network; receiving, by the private wireless network interface, the registration response from the wireless macro network; determining, by the private wireless network interface, whether the mobile station is authorized to register with the private wireless network interface when the registration response confirms that the mobile station is registered with the wireless macro network; and registering the mobile station with the private wireless network interface when the registration response confirms that the mobile station is registered with the wireless macro network and the mobile station is authorized to register with the private wireless network interface.