Commissioning incoming packet switched connections

A communication arrangement for communication within a communication system, the communication arrangement comprising:

• a first node comprising a processing circuit configured to:
• provide a first radio access platform which supports incoming packet switched connections;
• interconnect to a second radio access platform which supports outgoing packet switched connections and which hosts an application;
• and
• implement a network signaling stack configured to communicate with a communicatively connected network and to handle establishment of incoming packet switched connections, by:
• receiving a connection request from the application;
• checking all existing network connections to determine whether connection parameters requested by the connection request match those of an existing network connection;
• and
• if the requested connection parameters match those of an existing network connection according to said checking, linking the connection request received from the application to that existing network connection;
• and
• a second node configured to serve as the second radio access platform, to perform connection management, and to interconnect to the first radio access platform.

A method executed by a node that comprises a processing circuit, the processing circuit configured to provide a first radio access platform which supports incoming packet switched connections, to interconnect to a second radio access platform which supports outgoing packet switched connections and which hosts an application, and to implement a network signaling stack for communicating with a communicatively connected network, wherein the method is implemented by the network signaling stack implemented by the node's processing circuit and comprises handling establishment of incoming packet switched connections by:

• receiving a connection request from the application;
• checking all existing network connections to determine whether connection parameters requested by the connection request match those of an existing network connection;
• and
• if the requested connection parameters match those of an existing network connection according to said checking, linking the connection request received from the application to that existing network connection.

A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and comprising code that, when executed by a processing unit of a node, causes the node to:

• provide a first radio access platform which supports incoming packet switched connections;
• interconnect to a second radio access platform which supports outgoing packet switched connections and which hosts an application;
• and
• implement a network signaling stack configured to communicate with a communicatively connected network and to handle establishment of incoming packet switched connections, by:
• receiving a connection request from the application;
• checking all existing network connections to determine whether connection parameters requested by the connection request match those of an existing network connection;
• and
• if the requested connection parameters match those of an existing network connection according to said checking, linking the connection request received from the application to that existing network connection.