Cellular communication network having intelligent switching nodes

An apparatus for cross-connecting an end-to-end connection between an origination mobile station and a destination mobile station in a network of cross-connect nodes, comprising:

• a call control circuit including:
• a first circuit portion for receiving call control information from said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station;
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• a second circuit portion for determining, responsive to receiving said call control information from said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station, an optimum end-to-end connection for cross-connecting said end-to-end connection through said network of cross-connect nodes, said optimum end-to-end connection representing a computed shortest communication route between said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station that satisfies resource requirements for cross-connecting said end-to-end connection.

An apparatus for facilitating cellular communication between an origination mobile station and a destination mobile station, comprising:

• a mobile services switching center, said mobile services center having a first switching circuit for performing connection cross-connects for calls between said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station;
• a call control circuit coupled to said mobile services switching center, said call control circuit receiving call control information from said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station, said call control information from said origination mobile station comprises a rate at which said origination mobile station communicates and said control information from said destination mobile station comprises a rate at which said destination mobile station communicates;
• a base station controller coupled to said mobile services switching center, said base station controller having a second switching circuit for performing connection cross-connects for calls between said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station;
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• a base transceiver station coupled to said base station controller, said base transceiver station having a third switching circuit for performing connection cross-connects for calls between said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station, wherein said call control circuit determines, responsive to said call control information received from said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station, at which of said mobile services switching center, base station controller, and base transceiver station an optimum cross connect point for cross-connecting an end-to-end connection between said origination mobile station and said destination mobile station resides.