US 2014/0006629 A1Published application

Selection of Network-to-Network Interface Device

AssigneesCellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

InventorsPriscilla Lau, John Bittenbender, Robin Clair

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Abstract

Methods, devices, and storage mediums for receiving, by an ingress network-to-network interface device, a signaling message to establish a communication session; adding an identifier that identifies the ingress network-to-network interface device; transmitting the signaling message that includes the identifier to another device of a network with which the ingress network-to-network interface device belongs; selecting an egress network-to-network interface device based on the identifier and a minimum path criterion between the ingress network-to-network interface device and the egress network-to-network interface device; and transmitting the signaling message to the egress network-to-network interface device.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, by an ingress network-to-network interface device, a signaling message to establish a communication session;
adding, by the ingress network-to-network interface device, an identifier that identifies the ingress network-to-network interface device to the signaling message;
transmitting, by the ingress network-to-network interface device, the signaling message that includes the identifier to another device of a network to which the ingress network-to-network interface device belongs;
receiving, by the other device, the signaling message that includes the identifier or a modified signaling message that includes the identifier;
selecting, by the other device, an egress network-to-network interface device based on the identifier and a minimum path criterion between the ingress network-to-network interface device and the egress network-to-network interface device;
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transmitting, by the other device, the signaling message or the modified signaling message to the egress network-to-network interface device.

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