Patent ID: 6366586
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of operating a processing system to control a packet communication system for a user communication, the method comprising:receiving a signaling message for the user communication from a narrowband communication system into a signaling processing system; processing the signaling message in the signaling processing system to generate a query message; transferring the query message from the signaling processing system to a service processing system; processing the query message in the service processing system to select a network code that identifies a network element to provide egress from the packet communication system for the user communication and to generate a response message indicating the network code; transferring the response message indicating the network code from the service processing system to the signaling processing system; processing the response message in the signaling processing system to generate a control message indicating the network code; and transferring the control message indicating the network code from the signaling processing system to the packet communication system.