Patent ID: 8483173

Claim:
A media gateway comprising: a plurality of network interface cards located in the media gateway; at least one switch matrix located in the media gateway; and a server module located in the media gateway, connected to the plurality of network interface cards via the at least one switch matrix, and including at least one unlicensed mobile access (UMA) module that terminates UMA radio resource (URR) channels within the media gateway, the media gateway is configured to support an extensible gateway control protocol (EGCP) for UMA call control, wherein the media gateway receives instructions from a media gateway controller via at least one EGCP request, the instructions to reserve resources within the media gateway for terminating a URR channel within the media gateway, wherein the server module is configured to monitor a UMA media stream, notify the MGC if an indication of media stream quality is worse than a predetermined quality threshold, and, in response, receive a URR message from the MGC for effecting a handover procedure, wherein the URR message triggers a mobile station to start the handover procedure.