Patent ID: 7486966

Claim:
A method for operating a private base transceiver station, the private base transceiver station having at least one radio transceiver that communicates data and signaling information with a mobile station, the private base transceiver station also having a mobility management processing function and a call control processing function contained within it, the private base transceiver station also having an interface for connecting to a packet data network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a call control message at the private base transceiver station and passing the call control message to the mobility management processing function resident within the private base transceiver station, without forwarding the call control message elsewhere, the call control message including a control function identifier and a mobile station identifier; forwarding the call control message internally within the private base transceiver station to a packet network interface in the private base transceiver station, the packet network interface providing an interface for the private base transceiver station to communicate messages to other nodes; and at the packet network interface, formatting an external control message intended for transmission via the packet network interface.