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A telecommunications system and method for allowing calls to and from mobile terminals to be handled directly by a remote terminal without the need for trunk lines between the remote terminal and the network. This is accomplished by tunneling the signaling messages between the remote terminal (RT) a

A telecommunications system and method for allowing calls to and from mobile terminals to be handled directly by a remote terminal without the need for trunk lines between the remote terminal and the network. This is accomplished by tunneling the signaling messages between the remote terminal (RT) and the network (Mobile Services Center/Visitor Location Register), for example, via the Transfer Communication Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which is a communications link of the type used by the Internet. The remote terminal preferably consists of a traffic channel controller for allocation and release of traffic channels over the satellite, an interworking function for speech coding and for signaling via, for example, the TCP/IP, and the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) interface. These main three components function together to provide cost-effective cellular coverage to remote villages.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A telecommunications system for providing wireless communication to a remote subscriber of a remote communications system, said telecommunications system comprising:a host node comprising a mobile services center having a plurality of mobile terminals in wireless communic

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A telecommunications system for providing wireless communication to a remote subscriber of a remote communications system, said telecommunications system comprising:a host node comprising a mobile services center having a plurality of mobile terminals in wireless communication therewith through a satellite communications link; anda remote terminal system connected to said remote communications system, said remote terminal system further having only a wireless connection to said host node via said satellite communications link, said remote terminal system comprising a traffic channel controller for allocating a traffic channel reserved by said host node for a call connection between a given one of said mobile terminals, and said remote subscriber through said remote terminal system and said satellite communications link, interworking means for transmitting and receiving signaling messages between said remote terminal system and said host node via said satellite communications link to allocate said traffic channel and establish said call connection, and remote network interfacing means for interfacing with said remote communications system to establish said call connection to said remote subscriber.