Patent ID: 8483760

Claim:
A basestation, for use in a cellular mobile communications system, the basestation having a wireless interface for connection with a mobile communications device, and having an interface for connection with a network of said cellular mobile communications system, wherein, in said cellular mobile communications system, the mobile communications device sends messages intended for the network and the network sends messages intended for the mobile communications device according to a standardized communications protocol, wherein the basestation comprises: software for terminating first messages sent from the mobile communications device intended for the network, the first messages configured according to a standardized communications protocol, for recreating at least some of the first messages according to the standardized communications protocol, and for sending the recreated first messages to the network in response to at least some of the terminated first messages; and software for terminating second messages sent from the network intended for the mobile communications device, the second messages configured according to the standardized communications protocol, for recreating at least some of the second messages according to the standardized communications protocol, and for sending the recreated second messages to the mobile communications device in response to at least some of the terminated second messages; wherein said software for terminating the first messages is configured to: determine whether each first message can be routed directly over the internet, and, if so, to route the first message directly over the internet without involvement of the network, and to recreate the message in the first protocol and send the recreated first message to the network only if the message cannot be routed directly over the internet.