System for converting a routing address within a telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A method for communicating a signal between a first node within a first Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) network and a second node within a second SS7 network, wherein said first SS7 network and said second SS7 network are connected by a converter signal transfer point (STP), and wherein said signal includes a point code and subsystem number representing said first node as a calling party address, wherein said point code and subsystem number are routeable within said first SS7 network but not routeable within said second SS7 network, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said signal from said first node by said converter signal transfer point (STP), said signal including said point code and subsystem number representing said first node as said calling party address (Cgpa);
converting said received point code and subsystem number into a global title number routeable within said second telecommunications network by said converter STP, and replacing said global title number in said signal as said calling party address, wherein said global title number represents said converter STP; and
transmitting said signal from said converter STP towards said second node over said second SS7 network.
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Abstract
A point code and subsystem number (PC/SSN) representing a first application layer node within a first Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) network is not defined within a second SS7 network. While transmitting a first signal from the first node to a second node within the second SS7 network, the PC/SSN representing the first node is utilized as the calling party address (Cgpa). A converter signal transfer point (STP) interfacing the first SS7 network with the second SS7 network intercepts the transmitted signal, converts the specified PC/SSN to a corresponding global title number. The first signal containing the converted Cgpa is then forwarded to the second node. Whenever the second node within the second SS7 network transmits a return signal back to the first node, the converted Cgpa is then used as the called party address (Cdpa). The converter STP once again intercepts the return address and converts the intercepted global title number back to the original PC/SSN value. The return signal with the converted Cdpa is then routed back to the first node.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for communicating a signal between a first node within a first Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) network and a second node within a second SS7 network, wherein said first SS7 network and said second SS7 network are connected by a converter signal transfer point (STP), and wherein said signal includes a point code and subsystem number representing said first node as a calling party address, wherein said point code and subsystem number are routeable within said first SS7 network but not routeable within said second SS7 network, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving said signal from said first node by said converter signal transfer point (STP), said signal including said point code and subsystem number representing said first node as said calling party address (Cgpa); converting said received point code and subsystem number into a global title number routeable within said second telecommunications network by said converter STP, and replacing said global title number in said signal as said calling party address, wherein said global title number represents said converter STP; and transmitting said signal from said converter STP towards said second node over said second SS7 network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for communicating a signal containing application layer data between a first node within a first signaling system No. 7 (SS7) network and a second node within a second SS7 network, wherein said signal includes a point code and subsystem number representing said first node as a Calling Party Address, wherein said point code and subsystem number are defined within said first SS7 network and wherein said point code and subsystem number are not defined within said second SS7 network, said system comprising:
a converter signal transfer point (STP) connecting said first SS7 network with said second SS7 network, said converter STP comprising; a Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) layer module for receiving said signal from said first SS7 network; and a conversion module interfaced with said SCCP layer module, said conversion module converting said point code and subsystem number within said received signal to a global title number routeable by said second SS7 network, said global title number representing said converter STP. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for communicating a signal between a first node within a first Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) network to a second node within a second SS7 network, wherein said first node is identified by a point code and subsystem number and wherein said first SS7 network is capable of routing said signal utilizing said point code and subsystem number and wherein said second SS7 said point code and subsystem number, said system comprising:
a converter Signal Transfer Point connecting said first SS7 network to said second SS7 network, said converter STP comprising; means for receiving a signal from said first node, said signal including said point code and subsystem number representing said first node as a calling party address; means for converting said point code and subsystem number into a global title number representing said converter STP; and means for transmitting said signal to said second node over said second SS7 network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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