Patent ID: 7647051

Claim:
A method of call setup and handoff in a communication path that includes at least one mobile station, comprising: establishing a first voice bearer path through at least one switching element between a calling party and a called party in a first communication network according to a first communication protocol wherein at least one of the called and calling parties is communicating with a mobile station; establishing a first wireless headset communication link between the mobile station that communicates over the first communication network according to the first communication protocol and a wireless headset unit; while the call is active, transmitting call setup signals from the mobile station to an associated docking station base unit in response to the mobile station being docked in the docking station base unit; within the first communication network, performing call setup signaling to establish a call with docking station base unit from the switching element through a second communication network that communicates according to a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol and allocating resources for a second voice bearer path between the at least one switching element and the specified landline docking station base unit through the second communication network; establishing a second wireless headset communication link between the wireless headset unit and the specified landline docking station base unit; upon receiving an indication that a communication link has been established with the specified landline docking station base unit, while the wireless headset communication link with the mobile station is established, switching, in the at least one switching element, the first voice bearer path from the mobile station to the allocated resources for the second voice bearer path to establish a connection to the specified landline docking station base unit by way of the second voice bearer path; and terminating the first wireless headset communication link.