Inventors:
Phillip Gerald Brudos - Aurora IL
Timothy Daniel Sullivan - Naperville IL
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ
International Classification:
H04Q 720
US Classification:
455458, 455 45, 4551861, 455 304, 455423, 455432, 455433, 455455
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for suppressing route request messages for wireless gateway applications by establishing a relationship between a serving mobile switching center identifier and a facility identifier at a wireless gateway switch. The wireless gateway switch determines a corresponding facility to the serving mobile switch in order to establish an incoming call to a wireless subscriber unit. An exemplary embodiment exploits the present invention in a wireless system utilizing ANSI-41 messaging.