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US 2003/0152064 A1Published application
Method and architecture for redundant SS7 deployment in a voice over IP environment
AssigneeNet2Phone, Inc.
InventorsRomel Khan, Jeffrey S. Skelton
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Abstract
18A method and system for controlling the switching and control operation of at least one of an Softswitch system, an Signal Transfer Points (STP) and a gateway (GW) (e.g., in a SS7 signaling environment). By providing support for redundancy, a second switch system can take over the routing and control operations of a first switch system when the first switch system experiences difficulty. Difficulty may be any one of several forms (e.g., switch crash, congestion, hardware failure).
Claims18
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a switch to control redundant signaling operations, the computer program code mechanism comprising:
- a first computer code device configured to identify a first switch for which a second switch is to act as a backup;
- a second computer code device configured to receive periodic messages indicating that the first switch is functioning properly;
- a third computer code device configured to receive a message indicating that the first switch is experiencing difficulty;
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- a fourth computer code device controlling the second switch configured to emulate the address of the first switch and route calls on behalf of the first switch when the first switch is experiencing difficulty, wherein the first and second switches are remotely located and independently addressable.
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A switch for use in a packet voice environment, the switch comprising:
- a memory to identify another switch for which the switch is to act as a backup;
- a first receiver configured to receive periodic messages indicating that (1) the another switch is functioning properly and (2) the first switch is experiencing difficulty;
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- a controller for controlling the switch to route calls on behalf of the another switch by emulating the address of the another switch when the another switch is experiencing difficulty, wherein the switch and the another switch are remotely located and independently addressable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.