Telecommunications equipment

• US 6,952,423 B1
• Filed: 10/17/2000
• Issued: 10/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Walter, Olivier, Bachatene, Hélène
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Man U.
• Application Number:
  US09/688,711
• Time in Patent Office: 1,813 Days
• Field of Search: 370/410, 370/467, 370/401, 370/409, 370229-254, 370376-395, 370474-522, 379229-242, 379201-221, 709238-253, 455410-435, 455/552
• US Class Current: 370/410
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/563 Signalling, e.g. protocols, reference model
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0478 Provisions for broadband connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0025 Provisions for signalling

Abstract

The invention relates to telecommunications equipment including a service unit. According to the invention, the service unit includes a driver core and modules connected to the driver core and adapted to process signaling, and the driver core: receives signaling messages from one or more signaling networks, and sends the signaling messages to the modules in accordance with a predetermined rule.

Claims

1. Telecommunications equipment including a service unit for communicating with one or more signaling networks, wherein said service unit includes a driver core, and modules connected to said core and processing specific requests, and wherein said core includes:

receiving means for receiving signaling messages corresponding to generic or specific requests;

sending means for sending specific requests to said modules in accordance with a predetermined rule; and

processing means for processing said generic requests.

2. Equipment according to claim 1, wherein said receiving means include:

a high-level interface for receiving signaling messages corresponding to generic requests from one or more signaling networks; and

a low-level interface for receiving signaling messages corresponding to specific requests from one or more signaling networks.