Patent ID: 7307966

Claim:
A wireless and wireline network for transmitting voice and data comprising: a wireline core comprising a wireline gateway coupled to the wireless network for communicating voice packets, a wireless access gateway coupled to the wireless network for communicating data packets, and a wireline core network coupled to the wireline gateway and wireless access gateway for communicating voice and data packets, a wireless core comprising a wireless voice gateway coupled to the wireline gateway for communicating voice packets, a packet switched network coupled to the wireless access gateway for communicating data packets, and a Radio Frequency (RF) network coupled to the wireless voice gateway and packet switched network for communicating data and voice packets, wherein the RF network communicates voice packets between the wireline core network through the wireless voice gateway and wireline gateway and communicates data packets between the wireline core network through the packet switched network and wireless access gateway; and an external application gateway for coupling external applications to the wireline and wireless network wherein the external applications communicate voice packets between the RF network through the wireline gateway and wireless voice gateway and communicate data packets between the RF network through the wireline core network, wireless access gateway, and packet switched network.