System and method for providing an IP core network for wireless/ wireline integration
View Patent ↗A wireless core network for communicating voice and data packets through a packet based protocol is provided. The network includes a wireless gateway, a packet switched network, and a Radio Frequency (RF) network. The RF network is coupled to the wireless gateway and communicates voice packets to the wireless gateway through a packet based protocol. Additionally, the RF network is coupled to the packet switched network and communicates data packets to the packet switched network through a packet based protocol.
1. 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.
2. The wireless and wireline network of claim 1 , further comprising a Time Division Multiplex (TDM) core network comprising:
a plurality of circuit switches for communicating circuit switched voice signals; and
a plurality of tandem circuit switches coupled to the circuit switches and wireline core network for communicating circuit switched voice signals to and from the TDM core network and an ATM core network.
3. The wireless and wireline network of claim 1 , wherein the wireless core is an Internet Protocol (IP) core.
4. The wireless and wireline network of claim 1 , wherein the wireline core is an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) core.
5. The wireless and wireline network of claim 1 , wherein the wireless core comprises a Personal Communications Services (PCS) network.
6. The wireless and wireline network of claim 1 , wherein the RF network comprises a data network, wherein the data network communicates data packets to and from the wireline core network through the wireless access gateway.