Abstract: A method and system provide for using an integrated broadband and narrowband SS7 signaling gateway with M3UA and point code mapping. In general terms one embodiment of the system has: a single physical media carrying at least one bearer path and at least one signaling link, the physical media being operatively connected to a signaling network; and an integrated media and signaling gateway operatively connected to the physical media, the integrated gateway being a termination for both the bearer path and the signaling link.

Abstract: A method and system provide for using ATM AAL2 switching within a wireless access gateway. In general terms one embodiment of the method has the steps of: providing AAL2 CID (channel identifier) switching in a wireless access gateway, the wireless access gateway having a plurality of transcoders, the plurality of transcoders having a subset of transcoders that are available transcoders; switching a call to any one respective transcoder of available transcoders; and transcoding the call from a first format to a second format in the respective transcoder.

Abstract: A method and system provide for using a single broadband SS7 signaling gateway for multiple wireless access gateways. One embodiment may have the steps of: forming a cluster of media gateways, each of the media gateways having a respective transcoder; providing at least one first media gateway of the cluster of media gateways having an integrated broadband SS7 signaling gateway, at least one second media gateway of the cluster of media gateways being without an integrated broadband SS7 signaling gateway; and using the at least one first media gateway for SS7 signaling and using the at least one second gateway for resources other than SS7 signaling.