Method and telecommunications equipment for interworking internet and circuit networks

Abstract

Methods and telecommunications equipment (102) for routing data are disclosed. The telecommunications equipment includes an interworking telecommunications network element (ITNE) (202) and an Application Controller (AC) (204). The ITNE has multiple connectivity resources. The method includes interworking between a circuit-switched network and a packet-based network through the telecommunications equipment. The method includes detecting a configuration change in the ITNE and advertising a proxy regarding the configuration change for the benefit of the AC. The configuration change is autonomously performed by the ITNE. The proxy is provided by the ITNE. Further, a failover event may be detected by the ITNE, and circuit-switched and packet-based resources of a first board of the ITNE are autonomously transferred to a second board in response to the detection of the failover event.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.