Patent ID: 6175574
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
Circuitry cooperatively arranged with a signaling system for improving the operation of the signaling system, the signaling system being composed of a) a plurality of service switching points (SSPs) forming a network wherein said network of SSPs contains at least one signaling link consolidator such that each of said SSPs in said network is connected to said link consolidator through an associated individual signaling link and b) a signaling transfer point (STP) external to said network and connected to said signaling link consolidator via another signaling link, said circuitry comprising:means, within each SSP, for producing a signaling message;means, within an originating SSP, for inserting the STP address and a destination address in said signaling message, said destination address corresponding to a destination SSP, said inserting means further comprising means for translating a portion of a destination number provided by the originating SSP into a destination point code corresponding to said destination SSP or said STP to which the signaling message is to be sent; andmeans, coupled to said means for producing, for sending said signaling message from said originating SSP to said destination SSP via said link consolidator, the signaling link connected to said originating SSP, and the signaling link connected to said destination SSP, or to said STP via said link consolidator.