SERVICE LEVEL CROSS NETWORK COORDINATED INTERACTION

• US 20110196974A1
• Filed: 02/07/2011
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Maes, Stephane H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,990,413 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for orchestrating or coordinating interactions between different types of networks such as a legacy network and a next generation network. According to one embodiment, a method for coordinating interactions between different types of networks can comprise receiving at a service layer component a communication in a communication session from a first communication network. The communication can be in a first protocol. The communication can be translated from the first protocol to a second protocol with the service layer component, wherein the first protocol is different from the second protocol. One or more additional service layer components for providing at least one service in the communication session can be identified with an application dispatcher of the service layer component. The translated communication can be dispatched to the one or more additional service layer components from the application dispatcher.

Claims

1. A method for coordinating interactions between different types of networks, the method comprising:

receiving at a service layer component a communication in a communication session from a first communication network, wherein the communication is in a first protocol;

translating the communication from the first protocol to a second protocol with the service layer component, wherein the first protocol is different from the second protocol;

identifying with an application dispatcher of the service layer component one or more additional service layer components for providing at least one service in the communication session; and

dispatching the translated communication to the one or more additional service layer components from the application dispatcher.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication network comprises a legacy network and the second communication network comprises a next generation network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the service layer component comprises a Service Delivery Platform (SDP)

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising providing the translated communication to a component of the next generation network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein providing the second communication to the component of the next generation network comprises providing the second communication to a northbound interface of an enabler of the SDP.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein providing the second communication to the component of the next generation network further comprises providing the second communication to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servlet of the SDP and the second protocol comprises SIP.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more additional service layer components comprise one or more enablers.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more enablers comprise one or more of a call control enabler, a media server control enabler, a messaging enabler, a charging enabler, a voice access enabler, and a presence enabler.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication network comprises a next generation network and the second communication network comprises a legacy network.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the service layer component comprises a Service Delivery Platform (SDP)

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising providing the second communication to a component of the legacy network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein providing the second communication to the component of the legacy network comprises providing the second communication to a northbound interface of an enabler of the SDP.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more additional service layer components comprise one or more enablers.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more enablers comprise one or more of a call control enabler, a media server control enabler, a messaging enabler, a charging enabler, a voice access enabler, and a presence enabler.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein providing the second communication to the component of the legacy further comprises providing the second communication to a Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Service Switching Function (IM-SSF) of the SDP.

16. A system comprising:

a legacy network;

a next generation network; and

a service delivery platform (SDP) communicatively coupled with the legacy network and the next generation network, the service delivery platform adapted to translate communications between a protocol of the legacy network and a protocol of the next generation network, wherein the SDP further comprises an application dispatcher adapted to identify one or more additional service layer components for providing at least one service in the communication session and dispatch the translated communication to the one or more additional service layer components.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the SDP further comprises one or more enablers communicatively coupled with the next generation network and adapted to provide a northbound interface abstracting the underlying network technologies of the next generation network.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the SDP further comprises a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servlet and translating communications between the protocol of the legacy network and the protocol of the next generation network comprises translating communications between the protocol of the legacy network and the protocol of the next generation network to SIP.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more additional service layer components comprise one or more enablers and wherein the one or more enablers comprise one or more of a call control enabler, a media server control enabler, a messaging enabler, a charging enabler, a voice access enabler, and a presence enabler.

20. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instruction which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to coordinate interactions between different types of networks by:

receiving at a service layer component a communication in a communication session from a first communication network, wherein the communication is in a first protocol;

translating the communication from the first protocol to a second protocol with the service layer component, wherein the first protocol is different from the second protocol;

identifying with an application dispatcher of the service layer component one or more additional service layer components for providing at least one service in the communication session; and

dispatching the translated communication to the one or more additional service layer components from the application dispatcher.