Patent ID: 7215963

Claim:
A wireless communication network comprising: a call processing system in a mobile switching center (MSC) coupled to a backhaul network; a translator system coupled to the backhaul network and to the call processing system; a first base station system coupled to the backhaul network, the first base station system, responsive to receiving communications for a call from a wireless communication device, transfers first call traffic for the call in a first format over the backhaul network to the call processing system; a second base station system coupled to the translator system by the backhaul network, the second base station system, responsive to receiving the communications for the call from the wireless communication device, transfers second call traffic for the call in a second format over the backhaul network to the translator system wherein the second format is different than the first format; the translator system, responsive to receiving the second call traffic in the second format from the second base station system, converts the second call traffic from the second format to the first format and transfers the second call traffic in the first format to the call processing system; the call processing system, responsive to receiving the first call traffic and the second call traffic, processes the first call traffic and the second call traffic; the first base station system, responsive to receiving the communications for the call from the wireless communication device, transfers third call traffic in the first format over the backhaul network to the translator system; and the translator system, responsive to receiving the third call traffic in the first format over the backhaul network, converts the third call traffic in the first format to the second format and transfers the third call traffic in the second format to another call processing system.