Communications
First Claim
1. A system configured to establish a connection between a first and a second communication device, the first communication device configured to support separate voice and data channels, and further configured to send a pair of a first and second establishment requests, the first request being sent via the data channel and the second request being sent via a signaling channel associated with the voice channel, the system comprising:
- a proxy configured to receive the first establishment request;
a gateway configured to receive the second establishment request, the gateway configured to forward the received second establishment request to the proxy, wherein the proxy is configured to only forward the earliest received establishment request of the pair of requests to a selected one of a plurality of call control servers; and
an authorization module configured to give authorization to the proxy to forward the earliest received establishment request of the pair of requests to the selected call control server.
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a system for establishing a connection between a first and a second communication device. The first communication device supports separate voice and data channels and is arranged for sending a pair of a first and second establishment requests, the first request being sent via the data channel and the second request being sent via the voice channel. The system comprises a proxy for receiving the first request via the data channel, and a gateway for receiving the second request via the voice channel. The gateway is arranged to forward the received request to the proxy and the proxy is arranged to forward the earliest received request of the pair of requests to one of a plurality of call control servers for processing.
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24 Claims
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1. A system configured to establish a connection between a first and a second communication device, the first communication device configured to support separate voice and data channels, and further configured to send a pair of a first and second establishment requests, the first request being sent via the data channel and the second request being sent via a signaling channel associated with the voice channel, the system comprising:
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a proxy configured to receive the first establishment request; a gateway configured to receive the second establishment request, the gateway configured to forward the received second establishment request to the proxy, wherein the proxy is configured to only forward the earliest received establishment request of the pair of requests to a selected one of a plurality of call control servers; and an authorization module configured to give authorization to the proxy to forward the earliest received establishment request of the pair of requests to the selected call control server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of establishing a connection between a first and a second communication device, the first communication device supporting separate voice and data channels, the method comprising:
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sending, from the first communication device, a first connection establishment request via the data channel and a second connection establishment request via a signaling channel associated with the voice channel; receiving the first connection establishment request at a proxy; receiving the second connection establishment request at a gateway; forwarding the second connection establishment request from the gateway to the proxy; obtaining, at the proxy, authorization to forward the earliest received connection establishment request of the pair of requests to a call control server; and forwarding only the earliest connection establishment request of the pair of requests received at the proxy to a selected one of a plurality of call control servers. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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