Patent ID: 8717962

Claim:
One or more circuits for use in simulcasting of a wireless wide area network call via a gateway device having at least one wireless interface, the one or more circuits comprising: at least one processor for operably coupling to a plurality of access devices via the wireless wide area network, and to the gateway device via a broadband network, the at least one processor operable to, at least: transmit, from the wireless wide area network via the broadband network to the gateway device, multimedia information also transmitted wirelessly to a first of the plurality of access devices via a simulcast transmission directly from the wireless wide area network, wherein the simulcast transmission to the gateway device is initiated by the wireless wide area network according to predefined associations of the first of the plurality of access devices, the gateway device, and the wireless wide area network, known to the wireless wide area network; establish with a second of the plurality of access devices, via the broadband network and the gateway device, a call path for communication of the multimedia information to the second of the plurality of access devices; and communicate the multimedia information to the second of the plurality of access devices, via the at least one wireless interface.