Public wireless/cordless internet gateway

A wireless gateway system comprising:

• a plurality of base station transceivers for providing two-way wireless voice frequency communication signals to and from wireless telephone terminals;
• a packet service gateway, coupled to the base station transceivers and for coupling to a public packet data network, for compressing and decompressing the wireless voice frequency communication signals, converting the wireless voice frequency communication signals between a wireless voice communication protocol and a public packet data network protocol, and sending and receiving compressed signals in packet form via the public packet data network and for signaling through the public packet data network to establish two-way voice communication sessions through the public packet data network;
• a radio port control unit coupled to one or more of the base station transceivers for controlling wireless calls through the one or more base station transceivers;
• a telephone exchange switch providing telephone voice communication channels between the radio port control unit and the packet service gateway;
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• an access manager for controlling registration and validation of roaming wireless telephone terminals to utilize the wireless gateway system and for transmitting location information for registered terminals to a home location register database.

A telecommunication system comprising:

• a system of interlinked data networks using TCP/IP protocol;
• a plurality of terminal devices coupled for data communication via the system of interlinked networks, at least one of the terminal devices having two-way audio communication capabilities;
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• a localized wireless gateway system, comprising:
• (a) a base station transceiver for providing two-way wireless voice frequency communication signals to and from a plurality of wireless telephone terminals;
• (b) a packet service gateway, coupled to the base station transceiver and to one of the interlinked data networks, for compressing and decompressing the wireless voice frequency communication signals, converting the wireless voice frequency communication signals between a wireless voice communication protocol and a public packet data network protocol, and sending and receiving compressed signals in packet form via the system of interlinked data networks, and for signaling through the system of interlinked data networks to establish two-way voice communication sessions through the system of interlinked data networks;
• (c) a radio port control unit coupled to one or more of the base station transceivers for controlling wireless calls through the one or more base station transceivers;
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• (d) a telephone exchange switch providing telephone voice communication channels between the radio port control unit and the packet service gateway.