A station controller (M-BSC) is connected to base transceiver stations BTS of the GSM (Global System for Mobile), or DCS (Digital Cellular System) mobile transceiver system, and to BTSC base transceiver stations of the TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) system through code division transceiver access technology, typical of 3G systems, and TDD duplexing. The controller is connected to a MSC circuit switch of GSM type. The new 3G technology shares the GSM core network, which on the contrary ignores the existence of the latter. Transparency of the 3G new technology towards the core network is achieved inhibiting any handover from GSM cells to BTSC cells and enabling the external handover (through MSC intervention) from BTSC cells to GSM cells after appropriate treatment of information to be sent to MSC. The ad hoc procedure is carried out by the station controller and consists in reprocessing the mixed list (2G and 3G) of cells candidate for handover furnished with by BTSC, to obtain two lists of cells differing as to radio technology, selecting a list to be forwarded to MSC according to service qualification criteria, comparing in a local memory the (MS/UE) mobile classmarks owned by MSC with those associated to the selected list and, in case of inconsistency, updating MSC classmarks prior to the forwarding of the selected list.

A short message service (SMS) flood control routing node includes an SMS flood control module that receives short message service messages, determines the presence of short message service flooding, and takes appropriate action, such as discarding short message service messages that result in flooding. The presence of short message service message flooding may be determined by maintaining a count of short message service messages addressed to a particular called party within a time period. If the count exceeds a threshold, the short message service message that caused the count to exceed the threshold may be discarded. The routing node may generate a message the originator of a short message service message flood and/or to an enforcement agency.

A method and system enables communications between a switched telephone network and a wireless network comprising a plurality of Mobile Switching Centers (MSCs). Each MSC is connected by respective interfaces to a broadband packet network used for the transfer of bearer traffic between the MSCs, and controls wireless communications with a respective plurality of wireless transceivers. The switched telephone network and the wireless network are interconnected by at least one media gateway for conveying bearer traffic between the switched telephone network and the broadband packet network. The system comprises a location register and a call manager. The location register is adapted to store, in respect of each wireless transceiver, information identifying a respective current MSC controlling communications with the wireless transceiver. The call manager is adapted to: query the location register to obtain the information identifying the current MSC respecting the selected wireless transceiver; and enable a communications path across the broadband packet network between an inbound media gateway and the current MSC. The advantages include simplified routing, congestion reduction and reduced cost of infrastructure to support a rapidly expanding wireless subscriber base.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for content-based screening of messaging service (MS) messages, such as short message service messages and multimedia message service messages, are disclosed. MS subscribers may provision specific message content screening rules via a web interface. Content-based MS screening functionality may be applied in the core of a communications network, such as at a network signaling node separate from a short message service center or a mobile terminal.

A method for accessing data contained in a data network using a mobile device or a different computing device. Common data may be accessed by both the mobile device and the computing device, with the mobile device communicating over a wireless data network and the computing device communicating over a data network such as the Internet, a private network or a network of public and private networks. A different format may be used to process and display the data on each of the two devices, with the data being converted as necessary for display on the devices. The data may be updated by the computing device and then made available to the mobile device.