Methods and systems for universal, automatic service selection in a telecommunications signaling network
First Claim
1. A method for universal, automatic routing address translation service selection, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a signaling connection control part (SCCP) message carrying a transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) message and an application layer message;
(b) selecting a routing address translation service for the SCCP message based on an application identifier associated with the application layer message; and
(c) communicating the signaling message to an application corresponding to the selected routing address translation service.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for universal, automatic service selection are disclosed. A method for universal, automatic service selection includes receiving signaling messages and identifying signaling connection control part (SCCP) messages from the signaling messages. The SCCP messages are decoded to extract SCCP parameters and application layer parameters from the messages. A routing address translation service is selected for each of the SCCP messages based on application identifiers that identify application layer message types alone or in combination with other parameters. Selecting the routing address translation service in this manner makes the service selection more robust and universally applicable, especially in networks where different or non-standard selector parameters are utilized.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for universal, automatic routing address translation service selection, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a signaling connection control part (SCCP) message carrying a transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) message and an application layer message;
(b) selecting a routing address translation service for the SCCP message based on an application identifier associated with the application layer message; and
(c) communicating the signaling message to an application corresponding to the selected routing address translation service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for universal, automatic routing address translation service selection, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a signaling message including a signaling connection control part (SCCP) component and an application layer component;
(b) decoding, from the message, an application layer parameter associated with the application layer component of the message; and
(c) selecting an SCCP routing address translation application for processing the message based on the application layer parameter. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for universal, automatic service selection, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a signaling message including a signaling connection control part (SCCP) component, a transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) component, and a mobile application part (MAP) component;
(b) decoding the TCAP component to determine a MAP message type; and
(c) selecting a routing address translation application for the SCCP component based on the MAP message type. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A signaling message routing node including a universal, automatic service selection application, the signaling message routing node comprising:
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(a) a communications module for sending and receiving telecommunications signaling messages to and from telecommunications signaling links and for selecting a signaling connection control part (SCCP) message from the telecommunications signaling messages for further processing, the SCCP message carrying an application layer message;
(b) a routing address translation services module operatively associated with the communications module for performing a routing address translation for the SCCP message based on one or more parameters in the SCCP message; and
(c) a service selection application operatively associated with the communications module and the routing address translation services module for selecting a routing address translation service the SCCP message based on an application identifier associated with the application layer message. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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