SERVICE DELIVER PLATFORM BASED SUPPORT OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS AND LEGACY NETWORKS

• US 20110196979A1
• 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 8,898,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for allowing legacy applications to interact with new networks. According to one embodiment, a method for supporting interactions and services between a legacy network and a next generation network 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 based on the state of the communication session. The first protocol can be different from the second protocol.

Claims

1. A method for supporting interactions and services between a legacy network and a next generation network, 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; and

translating the communication from the first protocol to a second protocol with the service layer component of based on a state of the communication session, wherein the first protocol is different from the second protocol.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication network comprises the legacy network and the second communication network comprises the 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 second 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 providing the second communication to the component of the next generation network further comprises providing the second communication to a Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Service Control Function (IM-SCF) of the SDP.

8. 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 Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Service Switching Function (IM-SSF) of the SDP.

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 providing the second communication to the component of the legacy network further comprises providing the second communication to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) servlet of the SDP and the second protocol comprises SIP.

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

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 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.

17. The system of claim 16, 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.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the SDP further comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Service Control Function (IM-SCF) adapted to translate 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 SDP further comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Service Switching Function (IM-SSF) adapted to translate communications between the protocol of the legacy network and the protocol of the next generation network to SIP.

20. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instruction which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to support interactions and services between a legacy network and a next generation network 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; and

translating the communication from the first protocol to a second protocol with the service layer component of based on a state of the communication session, wherein the first protocol is different from the second protocol.