Communication gateway
First Claim
1. A communication gateway for protocol translation, comprising:
- a Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) Module for receiving a plurality of incoming SS7 queries and sending a plurality of responses corresponding to said incoming SS7 queries, comprising;
a front end processor (FEP) for stripping a SS7 Message Transfer Part (MTP) layer and a SS7 Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) layer from each of said incoming SS7 queries to thereby obtain a SS7 Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) message, for parsing said SS7 TCAP message into a Transaction portion and a Component portion, for attaching said Transaction portion to said Component portion to thereby obtain said SS7 TCAP message for each of said responses corresponding to said incoming SS7 queries, and for attaching said SS7 MTP layer and said SS7 SCCP layer to said responses; and
an Inbound Subsystem Module, coupled to said SS7 Module, for translating said incoming SS7 queries from a SS7 protocol to a non-SS7 protocol, said translated incoming SS7 queries being forwarded to an end user while in said non-SS7 protocol, and for translating said responses corresponding to said incoming SS7 queries from said non-SS7 protocol to said SS7 protocol.
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Abstract
A system and method for protocol translation. The system includes an SS7 Module for sending and receiving a plurality of incoming and outcoming SS7 queries and response. The system also includes an Inbound Subsystem Module, coupled to the SS7 Module, for translating the incoming SS7 queries from a SS7 protocol to a non-SS7 protocol. The translated incoming queries are forwarded to an end user while in the non-SS7 protocol. The Inbound Subsystem Module also translates any responses corresponding to the incoming SS7 queries from the non-SS7 protocol to the SS7 protocol. The system further includes an Outbound Subsystem Module, coupled to the SS7 Module, for translating outgoing SS7 queries from the non-SS7 protocol to the SS7 protocol. The translated outgoing queries are sent via the SS7 module across an SS7 network. The Outbound Subsystem Module also translates SS7 responses corresponding to the outgoing SS7 queries from the SS7 protocol to the non-SS7 protocol. The translated responses corresponding to the outgoing SS7 queries are forwarded to an end user while in the non-SS7 protocol.
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20 Claims
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1. A communication gateway for protocol translation, comprising:
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a Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) Module for receiving a plurality of incoming SS7 queries and sending a plurality of responses corresponding to said incoming SS7 queries, comprising; a front end processor (FEP) for stripping a SS7 Message Transfer Part (MTP) layer and a SS7 Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) layer from each of said incoming SS7 queries to thereby obtain a SS7 Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) message, for parsing said SS7 TCAP message into a Transaction portion and a Component portion, for attaching said Transaction portion to said Component portion to thereby obtain said SS7 TCAP message for each of said responses corresponding to said incoming SS7 queries, and for attaching said SS7 MTP layer and said SS7 SCCP layer to said responses; and an Inbound Subsystem Module, coupled to said SS7 Module, for translating said incoming SS7 queries from a SS7 protocol to a non-SS7 protocol, said translated incoming SS7 queries being forwarded to an end user while in said non-SS7 protocol, and for translating said responses corresponding to said incoming SS7 queries from said non-SS7 protocol to said SS7 protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16)
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7. A communication gateway for protocol translation, comprising:
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an Outbound Subsystem Module for translating a plurality of outgoing Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) queries from a non-SS7 protocol to a SS7 protocol, and for translating a plurality of SS7 responses corresponding to said outgoing SS7 queries from said SS7 protocol to said non-SS7 protocol, said translated responses corresponding to said outgoing SS7 queries being forwarded to an end user while in said non-SS7 protocol; and an SS7 Module, coupled to said Outbound Subsystem Module, for forwarding said translated outgoing SS7 queries to a SS7 network, and receiving said SS7 responses corresponding to said outgoing SS7 queries, comprising; a front end processor (FEP) for attaching a Transaction portion to said Component portion to thereby obtain a SS7 Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) message, for attaching a SS7 Message Transfer Part (MTP) layer and a SS7 Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) layer to said SS7 TCAP message to thereby obtain an SS7 query, for stripping said SS7 MTP layer and said SS7 SCCP layer from said SS7 responses corresponding to said outgoing SS7 queries to thereby obtain a SS7 TCAP message, and for parsing said SS7 TCAP message into a Transaction portion and a Component portion. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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10. A method for protocol translation, comprising the steps of:
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(1) receiving a plurality of incoming Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) queries; (2) translating said incoming SS7 queries from a SS7 protocol to a non-SS7 protocol, comprising the step of stripping a SS7 Message Transfer Part (MTP) layer and a SS7 Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) layer from each of said incoming SS7 queries to obtain a SS7 Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) message; (3) forwarding said translated incoming queries to an end user while in said non-SS7 protocol; (4) translating a plurality of responses corresponding to said incoming SS7 queries from said non-SS7 protocol to said SS7 protocol; and (5) sending said responses corresponding to said incoming SS7 queries over a SS7 network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for protocol translation, comprising the steps of:
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(1) translating outgoing Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) queries from a non-SS7 protocol to a SS7 protocol, comprising the step of attaching a SS7 Message Transfer Part (MTP) layer and a SS7 Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) layer to a SS7 Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) message to thereby obtain said outgoing SS7 queries; (2) forwarding said translated SS7 queries to a SS7 network; (3) translating SS7 responses corresponding to said forwarded SS7 queries from said SS7 protocol to said non-SS7 protocol; and (4) forwarding said translated SS7 responses corresponding to said forwarded SS7 queries to an end user while in said non-SS7 protocol. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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