Signalling in a telecommunications network
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1. A method of transporting Call Control related signaling information between a first telecommunications network employing Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) signaling and a second telecommunications network in which Call Control functionality is handled by Media Gateway Controllers and Bearer Control is handled by Media Gateways, the method comprisinga Media Gateway Controller specifying a first termination and a second termination, connected by a Context, in a Media Gateway, the first termination including a package representing Signaling Gateway functionality and the second termination representing connection to the Media Gateway Controller over a TCP/IP interface;
- routing Call Control related signaling data between the first telecommunications network and said Media Gateway Controller via said first and second terminations in the Media Gateway.
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Abstract
A method of transporting Call Control related signalling information between a first telecommunications network employing Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) signalling and a second telecommunications network in which Call Control functionality is handled by Media Gateway Controllers and Bearer Control is handled by Media Gateways. The method comprises routing Call Control related signalling data between the signalling network and a Media Gateway Controller through a Media Gateway controlled by said Media Gateway Controller, wherein said Media Gateway implements the lower layers of SS7.
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1. A method of transporting Call Control related signaling information between a first telecommunications network employing Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) signaling and a second telecommunications network in which Call Control functionality is handled by Media Gateway Controllers and Bearer Control is handled by Media Gateways, the method comprising
a Media Gateway Controller specifying a first termination and a second termination, connected by a Context, in a Media Gateway, the first termination including a package representing Signaling Gateway functionality and the second termination representing connection to the Media Gateway Controller over a TCP/IP interface; routing Call Control related signaling data between the first telecommunications network and said Media Gateway Controller via said first and second terminations in the Media Gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for transporting Call Control related signaling informationa between a first telecommunications network employing Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) signaling and a second telecommunications network in which Call Control functionality is handled by Media Gateway Controllers and Bearer Control is handled by Media Gateways, the apparatus comprising
a Media Gateway Controller coupled to a Media Gateway, the Media Gateway Controller specifying a first termination and a second termination, connected by a Context, in a Media Gateway, the first termination including a package provicing Signaling Gateway functionality and the second termination providing connection to the Media Gateway Controller over a TCP/IP interface; the Media Gateway being further coupled to said first network and comprising processing means for implementing the lower layers of SS7, wherein Call Control related signaling information is transported between the first network and the Media Gateway Controller via the first and second terminations in the Media Gateway.
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12. An Apparatus for transporting Call control related signaling information between a first telecommunications network employing Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) signaling and a second telecommunications network in which call control functionality is handled by Media Gateway Controllers and Bearer control is handled by Media Gateways, the apparatus comprising:
a Media Gateway coupled to a Media Gateway controller, the Media Gateway comprising a context for associating a first termination implementing lower layers of SS7 and representing a flow of signaling data between a Media Gateway and the first telecommunications network and a second termination representing a flow of signaling data between the Media Gateway and the Media Gateway controller, wherein Call Control related signaling data is routed between the first telecommunications network and said Media Gateway Controller through said Media Gateway controlled by said Media Gateway Controller.
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