A system for providing voice communications between an end terminal in a
packet data network and a wireless communication device includes a packet
communication supporting subsystem, a base station subsystem, and a
Voice-over-Internet-Protocol Mobile Switching Center ("VMSC"). The packet
communication supporting subsystem communicates with the packet data
network and also operates to locate the wireless communication device.
The base station subsystem communicates with the wireless communication
device, and also communicates the packet data network through the packet
communication supporting subsystem in the form of data packets. The VMSC
communicates with the packet communication supporting subsystem through a
packet-switched network and communicating with the base station subsystem
through a circuit-switched network. In addition, registration,
call-making, call-releasing, and call-receiving methods are provided for
a wireless communication device to provide voice communications between
the wireless communication device and an end terminal in a packet data
network.