COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RINGING WIRED TELEPHONES AND WIRELESS TELEPHONES SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY

摘要

The present invention provides a communication system (100) and a method for ringing wireline telephones (114) and wireless telephones (116) substantially simultaneously. The communication system (100) includes a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) (102) that provides wired service of a wireline telephone (114) and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) (104) coupled to the PSTN (102). A Home Location Register (HLR) (106) is coupled to the MSC (104). A base transceiver station (108) is coupled to the MSC (104). A Switched Access Services (110) connection couples the MSC (104) to the wireline telephone (114). A call request is received at the MSC (104). A set of telephone to ring that includes both a wireline telephone (114) and a wireless telephone (116) is determined based upon the HLR (106). Each of the set of telephones is rung substantially simultaneously. The processing of the call is transferred to the first answering telephone.