Communication method, network element, and system including at least two network elements each having at least one endpoint for transmitting or receiving traffic information
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- a plurality of network elements including a network element having at least one endpoint for communicating with another network element, wherein said network element comprises at least one storage to store information on communication availability of another at least one endpoint of at least one other network element of the plurality of network elements.
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Abstract
A method, network element, and communication system relates to at least two network elements, each having at least one endpoint for transmitting or receiving traffic information to or from another network element. At least one of the network elements includes at least one storage which stores information on the traffic-information-receiving availability of at least one endpoint of at least one other network element. The at least one storage stores IP addresses of the endpoints of the other network elements, and, associated with each IP address, the information on the traffic-information-receiving availability thereof. Each endpoint has an individual storage which is updated on a regular or irregular basis. The endpoints can be signalling units such as SIP-T/I endpoints. The communication can be based on Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP.
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44 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
a plurality of network elements including a network element having at least one endpoint for communicating with another network element, wherein said network element comprises at least one storage to store information on communication availability of another at least one endpoint of at least one other network element of the plurality of network elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for use in a communication system, said communication system including a plurality of network elements, each network element having at least one endpoint for communicating with another network element, the method comprising:
storing, at a network element, information on a communication availability of at least one endpoint of at least one other network element in at least one storage. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A network element to communicate with at least one endpoint of another network element, comprising:
at least one storage to store information on communication availability of said at least one endpoint of said another network element. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A communication system comprising:
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a plurality of network elements including a network element having at least one endpoint for communicating with another network element; and
storing means for storing information on communication availability;
wherein said network element accesses said storing means for said information on the communication availability of an endpoint of another network element.
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