Internal substitution bi-level addressing for compatible public networks

• US 7,656,859 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2006
• Issued: 02/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Labs Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Labs Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wan, Albert Chungbor
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HANH N
• Application Number:
  US11/408,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20060209823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,380 Days
• Field of Search: 370/400, 370/389, 370/390, 370/392, 370/395.1, 370/395.2, 370/395.4, 370/352, 370/412, 370/395.5, 709/218, 709/249, 709/238, 709/245
• US Class Current: 370/351
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5685 Addressing issues
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/10 Routing in connection-oriented networks, e.g. X.25 or ATM
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2503 Translation of Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2514 between local and global IP addresses

Abstract

A computer readable medium stores a program in an ingress capable network device of a network for routing signals through the network. The computer readable includes a receiving code segment for receiving an original signal, which has an embedded destination service address. The computer readable medium also includes a querying code segment for querying a database server to obtain an internal routing address corresponding to the embedded destination service address, and a routing code segment for routing at least a portion of the original signal through the network to an egress capable network device according to the internal routing address. The routed portion of the original signal includes at least the embedded destination service address, which enables the egress capable network device to restore the embedded destination service address and to forward the routed portion of the original signal from the network.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium that stores a program in an ingress capable network device of a network for routing signals through the network, the computer readable medium comprising:

a receiving code segment for receiving an original signal, the original signal comprising an embedded destination service address;

a querying code segment for querying a database server to obtain an internal routing address corresponding to the embedded destination service address; and

a routing code segment for routing at least a portion of the original signal through the network to an egress capable network device according to the internal routing address, the routed portion of the original signal including at least the embedded destination service address, enabling the egress capable network device to restore the embedded destination service address and to forward the routed portion of the original signal from the network,

wherein the routed portion of the original signal comprises a transit signal.

2. The computer readable medium according to claim 1, in which the network comprises one of a compatible public network or a compatible private network.

3. The computer readable medium according to claim 1, in which the database server comprises a local naming system server.

4. The computer readable medium according to claim 3, in which the local naming system server comprises at least one look-up table having registered pairs of destination address identifiers and internal routing addresses internal to the network.

5. A computer readable medium that stores a program in an ingress capable network device of a network for routing signals through the first network, the computer readable medium comprising:

a receiving code segment for receiving an original signal, the original signal comprising a destination address identifier corresponding to a destination service address;

a querying code segment for providing the destination address identifier to a database server and receiving an internal routing address corresponding to the destination address identifier;

a substituting code segment for substituting the destination address identifier with the internal routing address in a transit signal, the transit signal comprising at least a portion of the original signal and retaining the destination address identifier in a separate portion; and

a routing code segment for routing the transit signal through the network to an egress capable network device based on the internal routing address, enabling the egress capable network device to restore the destination address identifier from the separate portion of the transit signal, and to forward the transit signal from the network based on the restored destination address identifier.

6. The computer readable medium according to claim 5, in which the original signal comprises a SETUP signal.

7. The computer readable medium according to claim 5, in which the destination address identifier comprises the destination service address.

8. The computer readable medium according to claim 5, in which the database server comprises a local naming system server, including at least one look-up table.

9. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, in which the internal routing address is paired with the destination address identifier in the at least one look-up table.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, in which the internal routing address is paired with a destination compatible network identifying code corresponding to the destination address identifier in the at least one look-up table.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 10, in which the destination compatible network identifying code is obtained from a second look-up table of the local naming system server.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 10, in which the destination compatible network identifying code is obtained from a global naming system server, separate from the local naming system server.

13. The computer readable medium according to claim 5, in which the destination compatible network identifying code network comprises a compatible public network.

14. A system for routing signals through a network, the system comprising:

a database server in the network that stores a plurality of internal routing addresses; and

an ingress edge device in the network that receives an original signal comprising a destination address identifier from outside the network, provides the destination address identifier to the database server, receives an internal routing address from the database server corresponding to the destination address identifier, and routes at least a portion of the original signal to an egress edge device in the network based on the internal routing address, the routed portion of the original signal including the destination address identifier;

wherein the egress edge device forwards the routed portion of the original signal outside the network based on the destination address identifier,

wherein the routed portion of the original signal comprises a transit signal.

15. The system according to claim 14, in which the database server identifies the internal routing address from among the stored plurality of internal routing addresses by associating the destination address identifier received from the ingress edge device with the internal routing address.

16. The system according to claim 14, in which the database server identifies the internal routing address from among the stored plurality of internal routing addresses by associating the destination address identifier received from the ingress edge device with a destination compatible network identifying code, and then associating the destination compatible network identifying code with the internal routing address.

17. The system according to claim 16, in which the database server associates the destination address identifier with the destination compatible network identifying code by consulting a global database outside the network to obtain the destination compatible network identifying code.

18. The system according to claim 14, in which the original signal comprises a SETUP signal.

19. The system according to claim 14, in which the destination address identifier comprises a destination service address.