Method and apparatus for enabling communications assistance for law enforcement act services

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 a surveillance service in a communication network, comprising:

• receiving a call setup message for a call with a calling party number and a called party number;
• determining whether at least one of:
• said calling party number or said called party number requires surveillance;
• and
• performing surveillance on said call if surveillance is determined to be required, wherein said performing comprises:
• instructing at least one border element (BE) to be traversed by a first media path for said call to perform at least one surveillance function, wherein each one of said at least one surveillance function comprises simultaneously forking at least a portion of said call to a second media path at a time of receiving said call setup message if surveillance is determined to be required.

A system for providing a surveillance service in a communication network, comprising:

• means for receiving a call setup message for a call with a calling party number and a called party number;
• means for determining whether at least one of:
• said calling party number or said called party number requires surveillance;
• and
• means for performing surveillance on said call if surveillance is determined to be required, wherein said performing comprises:
• instructing at least one border element (BE) to be traversed by a first media path for said call to perform at least one surveillance function, wherein each one of said at least one surveillance function comprises simultaneously forking at least a portion of said call to a second media path at a time of receiving said call setup message if surveillance is determined to be required.