Connectionless routing of data within a telecommunication gateway
First Claim
1. A telecommunication gateway (100) for processing a data stream in a local chain of process functions (MSAs), characterized in that said telecommunication gateway comprises a connection chain agent (106) configured to determine a local routing table (107) for directing said data stream through said local chain of process functions, and configured to distribute at least part of said routing table (107) to the process function level for allowing transfer of said data stream directly between process functions in said local chain.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a telecommunication gateway for processing a data stream in a local chain of process function such as media stream applications (MSAs). The gateway basically includes a bearer control unit (102), a connection coordinator (103), and a resource manager (104) with an associated pool (105) of resources. For a requested connection, the connection coordinator (103) requests a media connection agent (106) and the necessary media stream applications (MSA1-MSA3) from the resource manager (104). The connection agent (106) determines a routing table (107) based on the destination addresses of the requested MSAs, and uses the routing table (107) to route the data stream from an incoming exchange terminal (ET1) to an outgoing exchange terminal (ET2) through the chain of MSAs.
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17 Claims
- 1. A telecommunication gateway (100) for processing a data stream in a local chain of process functions (MSAs), characterized in that said telecommunication gateway comprises a connection chain agent (106) configured to determine a local routing table (107) for directing said data stream through said local chain of process functions, and configured to distribute at least part of said routing table (107) to the process function level for allowing transfer of said data stream directly between process functions in said local chain.
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9. A method for directing a data stream through a local chain of process functions (MSAs) in a telecommunication gateway (100),
characterized in that said method comprises the steps of: -
establishing a local routing table (107) for directing said data stream through said local chain of process functions; and
distributing parts of said routing table (107) to at least one proxy agent associated with a process function for allowing transfer of said data stream directly from said process function to the next process function in said local chain. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A telecommunication gateway (100) for processing data streams by means of process functions (MSAs),
characterized in that said telecommunication gateway comprises a connection coordinator (103) for allocating, to each media stream, required process functions (MSAs) as well as an individual connection chain agent (106) from a resource manager (104), and for sending the destination addresses of the required process functions to the allocated connection agent (106), said connection agent (106) being configured to determine a local routing table (107) based on the destination addresses for directing the data stream through a local chain of allocated process functions.
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