Hand-out and hand-in support for legacy mobiles serviced by a femtocell attached to an IMS network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8805370
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12404064

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The present disclosure is directed to a system and method configured to implement an inter-MSC based handoff of a mobile device between a packet switched network and a mobile core network. In embodiments implementing a handoff from a femtocell to a macrocell, from the perspective of a neighboring MSC on a mobile core network, IP or VOIP information from a femtocell which is in communication with the convergence server, is perceived as having the same protocol as information which originates from a macrocell. Inversely, in embodiments implementing a hand-in to the femtocell from a macrocell, information which originates from a macrocell, which is in communication with the convergence server, would be perceived as IP or VOIP code to the femtocell. Accordingly, a target MSC in a handoff is agnostic of the fact that the mobile device entering into the macrocell was actually attached to a femtocell. Thus, embodiments of the present invention allow existing inter-MSC based handoff solutions to be leveraged.

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RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING COMPANY INC4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE WESTFORD MA 01886

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Kannan, Vinod Acton, US 2 28
Kura, Shasidhar Shrewsbury, US 2 20

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