Patent ID: 8315230

Claim:
A method of a network support node for use in communicating data, the method comprising: providing a network support node which includes a local area network (LAN) interface and a cellular RF interface, the LAN interface being configured to connect the network support node as a LAN node in a LAN, the cellular RF interface being configured to provide wireless communications over a wireless communication link with a base station of a cellular network; operating the network support node as a client end station with the base station of the cellular network with use of the cellular RF interface; receiving, at the network support node, at least one of an IP address and a link layer address of a mobile communication device; receiving, at the network support node, from the LAN via the LAN interface, voice data of a voice communication session between the mobile communication device and an electronic device, the voice data being addressed to the at least one of the IP address and the link layer address of the mobile communication device; establishing and maintaining, at the network support node, an additional communication session with the mobile communication device via the cellular RF interface over the wireless communication link with the base station; and communicating, in the additional communication session with the mobile communication device, the voice data of the voice communication session between the mobile communication device and the electronic device.