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US 7,023,794 B2Granted
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 readable storage medium and a computer executable program code 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, wherein the first and second switches are remotely located and independently addressable with unique first and second addresses, respectively, when the first and second switches are not experiencing difficulty;
- 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 unique first address of the first switch and route calls on behalf of the first switch when the first switch is experiencing difficulty.
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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, wherein the another switch and the switch are remotely located and independently addressable with unique first and second addresses, respectively, when the first and second switches are not experiencing difficulty;
- a first receiver configured to receive periodic messages indicating that (1) the another switch is functioning properly and (2) the another 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 unique first address of the another switch when the another switch is experiencing difficulty.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.