Residential Gateway Integrating Landline and Wireless Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
The lack of integration between landline and wireless communication services leads to inconvenient and costly calling experiences for consumers, who must manage separate subscriptions and incur per-minute charges for wireless calls received at home, even if they would not for landline calls.
Innovation Solution
A system that integrates landline and wireless communications by coupling a fixed-line station to a gateway connected to a broadband network service provider, allowing voice communication services and features like simultaneous ringing, call transfer, and extension functionality between mobile and fixed-line stations, routing mobile communications through the broadband network when within the gateway's area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If consumers subscribe to both landline and wireless communication services, then communication coverage is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines landline and wireless communication services into a single integrated system. The gateway device merges PSTN connectivity, wireless network access, and broadband service into one unified platform, allowing consumers to manage both service types through a single subscription and interface, thereby reducing service management complexity while maintaining comprehensive coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway device performs multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a PSTN telephone, a wireless base station, a broadband router, and a call management system. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate dedicated devices for each service type, reducing overall system complexity while providing versatile communication coverage
2Ease of operation
If consumers use wireless communication for calls at home, then mobility is improved, but communication cost increases due to per-minute charges
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway serves as an intermediary between the wireless network and the PSTN broadband connection. When a mobile station is within range of the gateway, calls are routed through the gateway using the broadband connection instead of the wireless network, eliminating per-minute airtime charges while maintaining mobility and seamless call functionality
3Reliability
If separate landline and wireless services are used, then service reliability is maintained, but integration functionality is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges separate landline and wireless services into an integrated communication platform while maintaining the reliability of both service types. The gateway combines PSTN and wireless connections with intelligent call routing that ensures calls can be completed through either path, preserving service reliability while enabling advanced integration features like simultaneous ringing and unified call management
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for providing services for stations supported by a residential gateway are provided. The residential gateway can support one or more fixed-line station and/one or more mobile stations. The mobile stations can be supported by a wireless macro network and/or the residential gateway. Services such as simultaneous ringing, distinctive ringing, call transfer, extension functionality, and the like can be provided for the mobile station and the fixed-line station.