Patent ID: 8290498

Claim:
A method of operating a gateway device at a first location, the gateway device supporting handoff of call communication for at least one access device between a wide area network and one of a personal area network or a wireless local area network using simulcasting of multimedia information, the method comprising: receiving multimedia information of a call for the at least one access device at the gateway device from the wide area network via a broadband network, said multimedia information of a call being a simulcast communication by the wide area network; communicatively coupling the gateway device at the first location to at least one wireless interface at the first location; communicating with the at least one access device via the at least one wireless interface; informing the wide area network when the at least one access device is within the wireless coverage area of the at least one wireless interface coupled to the gateway device; sending the multimedia information received at the gateway device via the broadband network to the at least one access device via the one of a personal area network or a wireless local area network; and wherein the gateway device receives the simulcasted call information from the wide area network before the at least one access device is within the wireless coverage area of the at least one wireless interface.