Abstract: An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. An indoor base station and indoor network controller provide protocol conversion for the unlicensed wireless service into a standard base station controller interface of the licensed wireless service.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 13, 2005
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2008
Assignee:
Kineto Wireless, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael D. Gallagher, Jahangir Mohammed, Joseph G. Baranowski, Jianxiong Shi, Milan Markovic, Thomas G. Elam, Kenneth M. Kolderup, Madhu C. Shekhar, Mark Powell