GB2353177A - Communications network - Google Patents

Communications network

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Publication number
GB2353177A
GB2353177A GB0021340A GB0021340A GB2353177A GB 2353177 A GB2353177 A GB 2353177A GB 0021340 A GB0021340 A GB 0021340A GB 0021340 A GB0021340 A GB 0021340A GB 2353177 A GB2353177 A GB 2353177A
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Prior art keywords
communications network
protocol
message
mtp
traffic
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GB0021340A
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GB0021340D0 (en
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Karen Diane King
Melvyn Christopher Bale
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British Telecommunications PLC
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British Telecommunications PLC
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L65/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication
    • H04L65/10—Architectures or entities
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    • H04L65/1033—Signalling gateways
    • H04L65/104—Signalling gateways in the network
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/64—Hybrid switching systems
    • H04L12/6418—Hybrid transport
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L61/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
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    • H04L65/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication
    • H04L65/10—Architectures or entities
    • H04L65/102—Gateways
    • H04L65/1023—Media gateways
    • H04L65/103—Media gateways in the network
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    • H04L65/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication
    • H04L65/10—Architectures or entities
    • H04L65/102—Gateways
    • H04L65/1043—Gateway controllers, e.g. media gateway control protocol [MGCP] controllers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/08—Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
    • H04L69/085—Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion specially adapted for interworking of IP-based networks with other networks
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/16—Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
    • H04L69/169—Special adaptations of TCP, UDP or IP for interworking of IP based networks with other networks 
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M7/00—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
    • H04M7/12—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
    • H04M7/1205—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal where the types of switching equipement comprises PSTN/ISDN equipment and switching equipment of networks other than PSTN/ISDN, e.g. Internet Protocol networks
    • H04M7/124—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal where the types of switching equipement comprises PSTN/ISDN equipment and switching equipment of networks other than PSTN/ISDN, e.g. Internet Protocol networks where PSTN/ISDN interconnects two networks other than PSTN/ISDN
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q3/00—Selecting arrangements
    • H04Q3/0016—Arrangements providing connection between exchanges
    • H04Q3/0025—Provisions for signalling
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/64—Hybrid switching systems
    • H04L12/6418—Hybrid transport
    • H04L2012/6472—Internet
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    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/64—Hybrid switching systems
    • H04L12/6418—Hybrid transport
    • H04L2012/6486—Signalling Protocols
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/16—Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/30—Definitions, standards or architectural aspects of layered protocol stacks
    • H04L69/32—Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
    • H04L69/322—Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions
    • H04L69/329—Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M7/00—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
    • H04M7/06—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres using auxiliary connections for control or supervision, e.g. where the auxiliary connection is a signalling system number 7 link

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)

Abstract

In a communications network, traffic in the form of data conforming to a packet-based internetworking protocol (such as Internet Protocol) is communicated using a circuit switched message signalling protocol (such as MTP (SS7 Message Transport Part)).
GB0021340A 1998-03-23 1999-03-17 Communications network Withdrawn GB2353177A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP98302161 1998-03-23
PCT/GB1999/000817 WO1999049636A1 (en) 1998-03-23 1999-03-17 Communications network

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GB0021340D0 GB0021340D0 (en) 2000-10-18
GB2353177A true GB2353177A (en) 2001-02-14

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US7286524B1 (en) * 2001-02-02 2007-10-23 Qwest Communications International, Inc. System and method for high capacity/failure tolerance telecommunications in a signaling network gateway
US7239648B1 (en) 2001-11-27 2007-07-03 Marvell International Ltd. Extension mode for wireless lans complying with short interframe space requirement

Citations (2)

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WO1996034504A1 (en) * 1995-04-24 1996-10-31 Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) Method and arrangement for increasing the range for a telecommunication network in a telecommunications system
WO1997042774A2 (en) * 1996-05-06 1997-11-13 Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) Telecommunications management network connected to a common channel signaling network

Patent Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1996034504A1 (en) * 1995-04-24 1996-10-31 Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) Method and arrangement for increasing the range for a telecommunication network in a telecommunications system
WO1997042774A2 (en) * 1996-05-06 1997-11-13 Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) Telecommunications management network connected to a common channel signaling network

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