Patent ID: 7085264

Claim:
A system for controlling media gateways, comprising: a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) operable to select a Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) circuit associated with a media gateway of a plurality of media gateways in response to receiving a circuit service call setup request from a mobile system; a signaling gateway operable to translate an address of said selected TDM circuit into an address of said media gateway with which said selected TDM circuit is associated; and a Radio Network Controller (RNC) operable to select an ATM Virtual Channel Connection (VCC) of a plurality of ATM VCCs associated only with said media gateway based at least in part on said address of said selected media gateway, in response to receiving a request for a channel, said RNC further operable to transmit information regarding a selected channel of said selected ATM VCC to said MSC for establishment of said circuit service call.