Method and apparatus for providing network interworking for emergency calls
OwnerMarian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchiinventors
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for third party network providers to send an emergency call, e.g., an E911 call, and completion status information to the originating E911 call network providers so that the originating network providers can determine the status of all E911 calls originated from their network are disclosed.
Claims20
A method for providing network interworking for emergency calls in a communication network, comprising:
- receiving a call setup message associated with an emergency call in said communication network;
- forwarding said emergency call setup message via a third party network to a selective router in a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) network for call completion;
- and
- providing an end to end answer supervision to indicate a call completion status of said emergency call.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of a method for providing network interworking for emergency calls in a communication network, comprising:
- receiving a call setup message associated with an emergency call in said communication network;
- forwarding said emergency call setup message via a third party network to a selective router in a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) network for call completion;
- and
- providing an end to end answer supervision to indicate a call completion status of said emergency call.
A system for providing network interworking for emergency calls, comprising:
- means for receiving a call setup message associated with an emergency call in a communication network;
- means for forwarding said emergency call setup message via a third party network to a selective router in a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) network for call completion;
- and
- means for providing an end to end answer supervision to indicate a call completion status of said emergency call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.