Patent ID: 7212519
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A system for combining narrowband and broadband transport mechanisms in a communications network, comprising: a call control node including switching intelligence and narrowband switching fabric; a plurality of connection control nodes each including broadband switching fabric; and an intermediate node operatively connectable to said call control node and said plurality of connection control nodes, said intermediate node including a plurality of call processors adapted to interwork for providing interworking between said call control node and said plurality of connection control nodes; wherein said call control node further includes a load distribution function adapted to distribute for distributing the load amongst said plurality of call processors; wherein said load distribution function is further adapted to assign further assigns one of said plurality of call processors to a call; wherein said assigned call processor is adapted to encode encodes a message sent from said call control node to a selected one of said connection control nodes for the call; wherein each of said plurality of connection control nodes has a transport link to a linked one of said plurality of call processors; wherein said assigned call processor is further adapted to pass passes said encoded message to said linked call processor associated with said selected connection control node for transmission of said encoded message to said selected connection control node.