Method and system for providing communication protocol interoperability

• US 20070201449A1
• Filed: 02/27/2006
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Restrick, John, Bao, Ho, Mills, David, Agarwal, Tripti, Chen, Rongxuan
• Granted Patent: US 7,729,482 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/356
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1033 Signalling gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1106 Call signalling protocols; H.323 and related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

A method for providing communication protocol interoperability may include receiving a request from a first endpoint to establish a communication session with a second endpoint, the request uses a first communication protocol. The method also includes receiving a first response from the second endpoint, the first response uses a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol. The method may also include initiating a timer for receiving a set of capabilities from the second endpoint and establishing the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.

Claims

1. A method for providing communication protocol interoperability, comprising:

receiving a request from a first endpoint to establish a communication session with a second endpoint, wherein the request uses a first communication protocol;

receiving a first response from the second endpoint, wherein the first response uses a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol;

initiating a timer for receiving a set of capabilities from the second endpoint; and

establishing the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

stopping the timer upon receiving a second response from the second endpoint, wherein the second response comprises a first set of capabilities of the second endpoint.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending a third response to the first endpoint, the third response comprises temporary setup information for the first endpoint that prevents the first endpoint from sending a communication until the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established; and

receiving a fourth response from the first endpoint comprising a second set of capabilities of the first endpoint, and wherein the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established using at least one capability that is common to both the first set of capabilities associated with the second endpoint and the second set of capabilities associated with the first endpoint.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

stopping the timer after a first amount of time, during which time no response is received from the second endpoint.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein establishing the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint comprises:

establishing a first communication session between the first endpoint and an intermediate endpoint based on a first capability common to the first endpoint and the intermediate endpoint;

establishing a second communication session between the second endpoint and the intermediate endpoint based on a second capability common to the first endpoint and the intermediate endpoint; and

coupling the first communication session with the second communication session via a transcoder.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

sending a fifth response to the first endpoint, the fifth response comprises a third set of pre-configured capabilities and temporary setup information for the first endpoint that prevents the first endpoint from sending a communication until the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established; and

receiving a sixth response from the first endpoint comprising a second set of capabilities of the first endpoint, and wherein the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established using at least one capability that is common to both the second set of capabilities associated with the first endpoint and the third set of pre-configured capabilities.

7. A system for providing communication protocol interoperability, comprising:

an interface operable to;

receive a request from a first endpoint to establish a communication session with a second endpoint, wherein the request uses a first communication protocol; and

receive a first response from the second endpoint, wherein the first response uses a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol; and

a processor coupled to the interface and operable to;

initiate a timer for receiving a set of capabilities from the second endpoint; and

establish the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further operable to stop the timer upon the interface receiving a second response from the second endpoint, and wherein the second response comprises a first set of capabilities of the second endpoint.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the processor is further operable to send a third response to the first endpoint, the third response comprises temporary setup information for the first endpoint that prevents the first endpoint from sending a communication until the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established; and

the interface is further operable to receive a fourth response from the first endpoint comprising a second set of capabilities of the first endpoint, and wherein the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established using at least one capability that is common to both the first set of capabilities associated with the second endpoint and the second set of capabilities associated with the first endpoint.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further operable to stop the timer after a first amount of time, during which time no response is received from the second endpoint.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor operable to establish the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint comprises a processor operable to:

establish a first communication session between the first endpoint and an intermediate endpoint based on a first capability common to the first endpoint and the intermediate endpoint;

establish a second communication session between the second endpoint and the intermediate endpoint based on a second capability common to the first endpoint and the intermediate endpoint; and

couple the first communication session with the second communication session via a transcoder.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the processor is further operable to send a fifth response to the first endpoint, the fifth response comprises a third set of pre-configured capabilities and temporary setup information for the first endpoint that prevents the first endpoint from sending a communication until the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established; and

the interface is further operable to receive a sixth response from the first endpoint comprising a second set of capabilities of the first endpoint, and wherein the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established using at least one capability that is common to both the second set of capabilities associated with the first endpoint and the third set of pre-configured.

13. The system of claim 7 wherein the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol are selected from the group consisting of session initiation protocol (SIP) and H.323.

14. Logic embodied in a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium comprising code such that when executed is operable to:

receive a request from a first endpoint to establish a communication session with a second endpoint, wherein the request uses a first communication protocol;

receive a first response from the second endpoint, wherein the first response uses a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol;

initiate a timer for receiving a set of capabilities from the second endpoint; and

establish the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the code is further operable to stop the timer upon receiving a second response from the second endpoint, wherein the second response comprises a first set of capabilities of the second endpoint.

16. The medium of claim 15, further comprising code operable to:

send a third response to the first endpoint, the third response comprises temporary setup information for the first endpoint that prevents the first endpoint from sending a communication until the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established; and

receive a fourth response from the first endpoint comprising a second set of capabilities of the first endpoint, and wherein the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established using at least one capability that is common to both the first set of capabilities associated with the second endpoint and the second set of capabilities associated with the first endpoint.

17. The medium of claim 14, wherein the code is further operable to stop the timer after a first amount of time, during which time no response is received from the second endpoint.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the code operable to establish the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint comprises code operable to:

establish a first communication session between the first endpoint and an intermediate endpoint based on a first capability common to the first endpoint and the intermediate endpoint;

establish a second communication session between the second endpoint and the intermediate endpoint based on a second capability common to the first endpoint and the intermediate endpoint; and

couple the first communication session with the second communication session via a transcoder.

19. The medium of claim 17, further comprising code operable to:

send a fifth response to the first endpoint, the fifth response comprises a third set of pre-configured capabilities and temporary setup information for the first endpoint that prevents the first endpoint from sending a communication until the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established; and

receive a sixth response from the first endpoint comprising a second set of capabilities of the first endpoint, and wherein the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is established using at least one capability that is common to both the second set of capabilities associated with the first endpoint and the third set of pre-configured capabilities.

20. A system for providing communication protocol interoperability, comprising:

means for receiving a request from a first endpoint to establish a communication session with a second endpoint, wherein the request uses a first communication protocol;

means for receiving a first response from the second endpoint, wherein the first response uses a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol;

means for initiating a timer for receiving a set of capabilities from the second endpoint; and

means for establishing the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.