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Location identification in a communications signalling network

  • US 5,521,902 A
  • Filed: 11/17/1994
  • Issued: 05/28/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus intended for connection to a telecommunications signalling network, said network having a plurality of signalling points interconnected by signalling links, the network carrying messages of several different types that are generated during a normal course of operation of said network and independent of said apparatus, with each message including both message type information as well as routing information, said routing information identifying for at least one message type, but not all said types, the signalling points directly connected by a signalling link carrying the message concerned and the identity of that link, said apparatus comprising:

  • interface means for interfacing the apparatus with said signalling link;

    monitoring means connected to the interface means for monitoring messages on the link to which the apparatus is interfaced, said monitoring means including link-identity detector means responsive to a presence of a message of a said at least one message type on said link, to read, as an absolute link identifier for the link carrying the massage, the routing information contained in the message, andmeans for reporting to a remote management station the read absolute link identifier.

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