System and method for transporting SS7 signaling over broadband asynchronous transfer mode links
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1. A high speed signaling network, comprising:
- a high speed transport virtual circuit network; and
a plurality of advanced intelligent network nodes coupled to the high speed transport virtual circuit network via a plurality of high speed links transporting signaling data and bearer data, each of the plurality of advanced intelligent network nodes operable to interwork between narrowband and broadband signaling protocols.
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Abstract
A high speed signaling network includes a high speed transport virtual circuit network, and a plurality of advanced intelligent network nodes coupled to the high speed transport virtual circuit network via a plurality of high speed links transporting signaling data.
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1. A high speed signaling network, comprising:
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a high speed transport virtual circuit network; and a plurality of advanced intelligent network nodes coupled to the high speed transport virtual circuit network via a plurality of high speed links transporting signaling data and bearer data, each of the plurality of advanced intelligent network nodes operable to interwork between narrowband and broadband signaling protocols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A high speed signaling network, comprising:
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a high speed transport virtual circuit network; and a plurality of advanced intelligent network nodes coupled to the high speed transport virtual circuit network via a plurality of high speed links transporting signaling data and bearer data, wherein the plurality of high speed links comprise asynchronous transfer mode transmission facilities carrying SS7 signaling data links. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method for transporting signaling data over high speed data links, comprising the steps of:
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coupling network nodes to a high speed virtual circuit network with high speed SS7 data link sets; coupling each network node to the high speed virtual circuit network with a redundant high speed SS7 data link set; load balancing among the data links within each high speed SS7 data link set; and interworking between narrowband signaling and broadband signaling. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for transporting signaling data over high speed data links, comprising the steps of:
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coupling network nodes to a high speed virtual circuit network with high speed SS7 data link sets; coupling each network node to the high speed virtual circuit network with a redundant high speed SS7 data link set; load balancing among the data links within each high speed SS7 data link set; and converting circuit-based SS7 signaling data into packet-based asynchronous transfer mode packets. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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