Claims
- 1. A method of providing a wireless wide area network (WWAN) service to a mobile station serviced in a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising:
provisioning a MSC to serve the WLAN; the MSC that serves the WLAN receiving WWAN messages that provide the WWAN service; the MSC forming SIP messages using the received WWAN messages; the MSC delivering the SIP messages to the WLAN via an IP link; the WLAN delivering the SIP messages to the mobile station via a WLAN air interface protocol.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the WWAN service is a Short Message Service (SMS) and wherein the WWAN includes a SMS Center for delivering SMS messages on the WWAN and wherein the MSC forms SIP Invite messages with SMS payload and delivers said SIP Invite messages to the WLAN.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the WWAN service is a Message Wait Notification (MWN) and wherein the WWAN provides MWN messages to the WWAN and wherein the MSC forms SIP Invite messages with MWN information and delivers said SIP Invite messages to the WLAN.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the MSC that services the WWAN and an MSC servicing the WWAN cooperate to provide TFO call services between an mobile station operating in the WLAN and a mobile station operating in the WWAN.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to provisional application No. ______ (tbd), entitled “Method for Voice Internetworking Between Local Area and Wide Area Mobile Wireless Networks,” filed on Jan. 2, 2002.