METHOD, APPARATUSES AND PROGRAM FOR HANDLING PROTOCOL TRANSLATION BETWEEN EPS AND GPRS
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1. A communication node (210) handling inter protocol issues in a mixed protocol telecommunications network (220), the node comprising:
- a processing unit (211);
a memory unit (212); and
a communication interface (213, 214);
wherein the processor unit is configured to execute instruction sets stored in the memory unit to perform database lookup operations between two different communication protocol standards communicated on the communication interface and the processor further arranged to operate a bearer translation function, i.e. BTF, providing the database lookup between the two different protocol standards and the BTF is arranged to communicate with a database with a protocol lookup table providing connectivity between protocol messages in the two different protocol standards.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a solution for handling protocol translation issues in a mixed communication protocol network (220). The solution may be implemented as a node (210), a network, a system, and computer program code. The solution involves a translation function between EPS and GPRS functionality and part of the solution uses a database holding a lookup table for updated and quick response to translation operations.
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1. A communication node (210) handling inter protocol issues in a mixed protocol telecommunications network (220), the node comprising:
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a processing unit (211); a memory unit (212); and a communication interface (213, 214); wherein the processor unit is configured to execute instruction sets stored in the memory unit to perform database lookup operations between two different communication protocol standards communicated on the communication interface and the processor further arranged to operate a bearer translation function, i.e. BTF, providing the database lookup between the two different protocol standards and the BTF is arranged to communicate with a database with a protocol lookup table providing connectivity between protocol messages in the two different protocol standards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15)
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13. A method in a telecommunications network (220) handling inter protocol issues in a mixed communication protocol network configuration using a bearer translation function, i.e. BTF handling connectivity between different communication protocols and wherein the BTF is arranged to communicate with a database with a protocol lookup table for each protocol in the mixed protocol network, comprising steps of in a node (210):
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receiving a control message in a first protocol standard format; sending a request to a database to find a suitable conversion message in a second protocol standard format; receiving a response from the database with a suitable conversion message; converting the control message in the first protocol standard format to the second protocol standard format; transmitting the converted control message. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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