Patent ID: 6985734

Claim:
A mobile telecommunications system, comprising: a radio server within an access network of a third-generation telecommunications system for providing call control of calls within said access network; a media gateway for providing connectivity of calls within said access network, said media gateway comprising: an H.248 interface to said radio server for handling the user traffic control; a physical connection to at least one base station within said access networks for handling the call connectivity to and from said Access Network; and two or more virtual media gateways, a first one of said two or more virtual media gateway being associated with said radio server and a second one of said two or more virtual media gateways being associated with network server within said core network, wherein each of said two or more virtual media gateways has a connection handler therein, said connection handler of said first or second virtual media gateway, establishes a connection between said first virtual media gateway and said second virtual media gateway for converting payloads between said first and second virtual media gateways for a call in response to receiving an H.248 message; and a database housing resource components, each of said two or more virtual media gateways being capable of sharing said resource components within said database.