Apparatus for providing a mobility adjunct for the public switched telephone network

Claim 1

In a telecommunications network comprising a subscriber line connected to an end office and a given wireline communications terminal, a trunk connection providing one or more timeslots for communications traffic in the forward and reverse direction, a channel bank connected between said subscriber line and said trunk connection, said channel bank providing a communications connection between a call on said subscriber line and a timeslot of said one or more timeslots of said trunk connection dedicated to the subscriber line, a wireless telephone system, a wireless communications terminal operating within said wireless telephone system, and a mobility adjunct controller connected between said trunk connection and said wireless telephone system, a method for providing a mobility adjunct service to said subscriber line, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a wireline call on said subscriber line; seizing said dedicated timeslot of said trunk connection in the forward direction at said channel bank; detecting seizure of said dedicated timeslot in the forward direction at said mobility access controller; identifying a directory number for the wireless communications terminal associated with said dedicated seized timeslot; initiating a call setup using the identified directory number from said mobility adjunct controller to said wireless subscriber station through said wireless telephone system; and connecting for communication, through the channel bank, the seized timeslot of the trunk connection and the mobility adjunct controller, the setup call initiated in said wireless telephone system with said received wireline call on said subscriber line.

Claim 9

A system for providing a mobility adjunct to a subscriber line of a public switched telephone network, the subscriber line terminated at a wireline communications terminal, the mobility adjunct provided through a wireless communications system including means for establishing a radio frequency communications connection with a wireless communications terminal, the system comprising: a trunk communications link having a first and second ends; a channel bank connected to the subscriber line and to the first end of the trunk communications link to interface a given communication carried on the subscriber line to a selected one of a plurality of time slots maintained with respect to the trunk communications link; and a mobility adjunct controller connected to the second end of the trunk communications link and to the wireless communications system, the controller interfacing the radio frequency communication connection for the wireless communications terminal to the selected timeslot interfaced with the subscriber line and maintained with respect to the trunk communications link, the controller accordingly enabling the given communication carried over the subscriber line associated with the wireline communications terminal to also be connected from the channel bank through the trunk communications link and over the radio frequency communication connection with the wireless communications terminal.

Claim 10

A system for providing a mobility adjunct to a subscriber line of a public switched telephone network, the subscriber line terminated at a wireline communications terminal, the mobility adjunct provided through a wireless communications system including means for establishing a radio frequency communications connection with a wireless communications terminal, the system comprising: a trunk communications link having a first and second ends; a channel bank connected to the subscriber line and to the first end of the trunk communications link to interface a given communication carried on the subscriber line to a selected one of a plurality of time slots maintained with respect to the trunk communications link; and a mobility adjunct controller connected to the second end of the trunk communications link and to the wireless communications system, the controller interfacing the radio frequency communication connection for the wireless communications terminal to the selected timeslot interfaced with the subscriber line and maintained with respect to the trunk communications link, the controller accordingly enabling the given communication carried over the subscriber line associated with the wireline communications terminal to also be connected from the channel bank through the trunk communications link and over the radio frequency communication connection with the wireless communications terminal.

Claim 17

A system for providing a mobility adjunct to a subscriber line of a public switched telephone network, the subscriber line terminated at a wireline communications terminal, the mobility adjunct provided through a wireless communications system including means for establishing a radio frequency communications connection with a wireless communications terminal, the system comprising: a first trunk communications link having a first end and a second end: a channel bank connected to the subscriber line and to the first end of the first trunk communication link to interface a given communication carried by the subscriber line to a selected one of a plurality of time slots maintained with respect to the first trunk communications link; a second trunk communications link having a first end and a second end, the second end of the second trunk communications link being connected to the public switched telephone network; a gateway node connected to the second end of the first trunk communications link and the first end of the second trunk connection to interface for communication on the time slot a call connection over the second trunk communications link and the public switched telephone network; a third trunk communications link having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second trunk communications link being connected to the public switched telephone network; and a mobility adjunct controller connected to the second end of the third trunk communications link supporting the call connection through the public switched telephone network and over the second trunk communications link to the gateway node, and also connected to the wireless communications system, the controller interfacing the radio frequency communication for the wireless communications terminal to the call connection, and the gateway interfacing the call connection to the selected timeslot interfaced with the subscriber line and maintained with respect to the first trunk communications link, the controller and gateway accordingly enabling the given communication carried over the subscriber line associated with the wireline communications terminal to also be connected from the channel bank through the first, second and third trunk communications links and over the radio frequency communications connection with the wireless communications terminal.

Claim 18

A system for providing a mobility adjunct to a subscriber line of a public switched telephone network, the subscriber line terminated at a wireline communications terminal, the mobility adjunct provided through a wireless communications system including means for establishing a radio frequency communications connection with a wireless communications terminal, the system comprising: a first trunk communications link having a first end and a second end: a channel bank connected to the subscriber line and to the first end of the first trunk communication link to interface a given communication carried by the subscriber line to a selected one of a plurality of time slots maintained with respect to the first trunk communications link; a second trunk communications link having a first end and a second end, the second end of the second trunk communications link being connected to the public switched telephone network; a gateway node connected to the second end of the first trunk communications link and the first end of the second trunk connection to interface for communication on the time slot a call connection over the second trunk communications link and the public switched telephone network; a third trunk communications link having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second trunk communications link being connected to the public switched telephone network; and a mobility adjunct controller connected to the second end of the third trunk communications link supporting the call connection through the public switched telephone network and over the second trunk communications link to the gateway node, and also connected to the wireless communications system, the controller interfacing the radio frequency communication for the wireless communications terminal to the call connection, and the gateway interfacing the call connection to the selected timeslot interfaced with the subscriber line and maintained with respect to the first trunk communications link, the controller and gateway accordingly enabling the given communication carried over the subscriber line associated with the wireline communications terminal to also be connected from the channel bank through the first, second and third trunk communications links and over the radio frequency communications connection with the wireless communications terminal.