Patent ID: 7526320

Claim:
For use in a wireless network capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of the wireless network, a method of providing communication with a mobile switching center using an IP-based network interface, the method comprising: receiving a call session message from a mobile switching center for a mobile station operating in a data mode, the call session message in a first format; converting the call session message from the first format into a second format, the second format corresponding to the IP-based network interface; sending the converted call session message to a session control and mobility management (SC/MM) module; receiving a paging response message from the SC/MM module based on an acknowledgment message received at the SC/MM module from the mobile station, the acknowledgement message based on a general page message, the paging response message in the second format; converting the paging response message from the second format into the first format; and sending the converted paging response message to the mobile switching center.