Claims
- 1. A method to send a message from a first mobile communication device in a first wireless network to a second mobile communication device in a second wireless network, the method comprising:
receiving the message in a first format compatible with the first wireless network; and translating the message from the first format directly into a second format compatible with the second wireless network.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first wireless network is a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) network and the second wireless network is a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first wireless network is a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network and the second wireless network is a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein translating the message comprises:
extracting a plurality of parameters from the message; and constructing a second message in the second format using the plurality of parameters.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of parameters include destination information, source information, and delivery priority.
- 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining whether a destination number of the message is valid in the second wireless network; and forwarding the translated message to the second mobile communication device in the second wireless network if the destination number is valid.
- 7. A method to send a message from a first mobile communication device operating on a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network to a second mobile communication device, the method comprising:
determining whether the second mobile communication device operates on a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network; and translating the message from a GSM compatible format directly into a CDMA compatible format.
- 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
forwarding the message in the CDMA compatible format to the second mobile communication device.
- 9. A method to send a message from a first mobile communication device to a second mobile communication device, the method comprising:
checking whether a destination number in a first part of the message is valid in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network on which the second mobile communication device operates on; and sending an acknowledgement to cause a second part of the message, forward short message (FSM), to be forwarded to an interconnection from a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network on which the first mobile communication device operates on, if the destination number is valid in the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network.
- 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
receiving the FSM from the GSM network; translating the FSM into a CDMA compatible format; and forwarding the translated FSM to the second mobile communication device via the CDMA network.
- 11. The method of claim 10, wherein translating the FSM comprises:
extracting a plurality of parameters; and constructing a second message in the CDMA compatible format using the plurality of parameters.
- 12. A mobile wireless network interconnection comprising:
a home location register (HLR) to store information of a plurality of mobile communication devices in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network; and a mobile switching center (MSC) to translate a message from a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) compatible format to a CDMA compatible format and to forward the message to the CDMA network using the information in the HLR if the message is for a mobile communication device in the CDMA network.
- 13. The mobile wireless network interconnection of claim 12, wherein the message is a short message system (SMS) message.
- 14. The mobile wireless network interconnection of claim 12, further comprising a SMS message server center (SMSC) to route the message to a non-CDMA network in response to checking a destination number of the message against the information in the HLR.
- 15. The mobile wireless network interconnection of claim 14, wherein the non-CDMA network is an Internet.
- 16. A wireless communication system comprising:
a first wireless network; and an interconnection coupling the first wireless network to a second wireless network, the interconnection being operable to reformat a message from a first mobile communication device operating on the first wireless network directly into a format compatible with the second wireless network.
- 17. The wireless communication system of claim 16, wherein the interconnection is operable to extract from the message a plurality of parameters including destination information, source information, and delivery priority.
- 18. The wireless communication system of claim 16, wherein the message is a short message system (SMS) message.
- 19. The wireless communication system of claim 16, wherein the interconnection is operable to determine whether a destination number of the message is valid in the second wireless network.
- 20. The wireless communication system of claim 16, wherein the first wireless network is a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network and the second wireless network is a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network.
- 21. The wireless communication system of claim 16, wherein the interconnection is used as a firewall between the first and second wireless networks.
- 22. A processing system comprising:
a processor; and a storage medium that stores instructions which, if executed by the processor, will cause the processor to perform a plurality of operations to send a message from a first mobile communication device in a first wireless network to a second mobile communication device in a second wireless network, the plurality of operations comprising:
receiving the message in a first format compatible with the first wireless network; and translating the message from the first format directly into a second format compatible with the second wireless network, wherein the first and the second wireless networks are of different types.
- 23. The processing system of claim 22, wherein the first wireless network is a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network and the second wireless network is a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network.
- 24. The processing system of claim 22, wherein translating the message comprises:
extracting a plurality of parameters from the message; and constructing a second message in the second format using the plurality of parameters.
- 25. The processing system of claim 24, wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:
determining whether a destination number of the message is valid in the second wireless network; and forwarding the second message to the second mobile communication device in the second wireless network if the destination number is valid in the second wireless network.
- 26. A wireless communication system comprising:
a first wireless network; and an interconnection coupling the first wireless network to a second wireless network, the interconnection including a Home Location Register (HLR) function operable to cause a plurality of messages transmitted between the first and second wireless networks to be routed through a Mobile Service Center (MSC) function of the interconnection.
- 27. The wireless communication system of claim 26, wherein the interconnection is used as a firewall between the first and second wireless networks.
- 28. A wireless communication system comprising:
means for receiving a message in a first format compatible with a first wireless network; means for translating the message from the first format directly into a second format compatible with a second wireless network, wherein the first and second wireless networks are of different types; and means for forwarding the translated message to the second wireless network if a destination number of the message is valid in the second wireless network.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This Application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/434,084, filed on Dec. 16, 2002, and entitled, “TCAP/MAP Network Interconnection (TMNI).”
Provisional Applications (1)
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60434084 |
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