Patent ID: 6961328

Claim:
A system for enabling communications between a switched telephone network and a wireless network comprising a plurality of Mobile Switching Centers (MSCs) connected by respective media gateways to a broadband packet network used for the transfer of bearer traffic between the MSCs, each MSC controlling wireless communications with a respective plurality of wireless transceivers, the switched telephone network and the broadband packet network being interconnected by at least one media gateway for conveying bearer traffic between the switched telephone network and the broadband packet network, the system comprising: a call manager adapted to: i) obtain information identifying an MSC controlling communications with a selected wireless transceiver from a location register adapted to store, in respect of each wireless transceiver, information identifying a one of the plurality of MSCs controlling communications with the wireless transceiver; and ii) enable a communications path through the broadband packet network between a media gateway interconnecting the broadband packet network and the switched telephone network and a media gateway interconnecting the broadband packet network and the MSC.