Routing element and methods
OwnerHamid Wassifi, Philippe Bouckaert +1inventors
InventorsHamid Wassifi, Philippe Bouckaert, Michel Anslot
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Abstract
A routing element passes messages between an application server and a plurality of signalling gateways. The routing element is operable to receive a message comprising routing information from one of the application server and a one of the signalling gateways and forward the message to the other of the application server and the one of the signalling gateways in accordance with the routing information
Claims15
A routing element for passing messages between an application server and a plurality of signalling gateways,
- the routing element being operable to receive a message comprising routing information from one of the application server and a one of the signalling gateways and forward the message to the other of the application server and the one of the signalling gateways in accordance with the routing information.
A method of passing messages between an application server and a plurality of signalling gateways, the method comprising:
- receiving a message from one of the application server and a one of the signalling gateways, the message comprising routing information;
- and
- forwarding the message to the other of the application server and the one of the signalling gateways in accordance with the routing information.
A communication network comprising:
- an application server;
- a plurality of signalling gateways;
- and
- a routing element operatively coupled to the application server and the plurality of signalling gateways, and operable to receive a message from one of the application server and a one of the signalling gateways, the message comprising routing information, and forward the message to the other of the application server and the one of the signalling gateways in accordance with the routing information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.