Patent ID: 6351633
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A telecommunications system for connecting to a telecommunications network and for routing telecommunications signals between the telecommunications network and a subscriber terminal of the telecommunications system, the telecommunications system comprising an interface mechanism for passing signaling events over a communications link between modules of the telecommunications system separated by the communications link, the interface mechanism comprising:a network-side object on the telecommunications network side of the communications link for receiving a first signaling event from a first module of the telecommunications system and for generating a first signaling message to represent the first signaling event, the first module and network-side object being provided within a concentrator of the telecommunications system, the concentrator being arranged to transmit signals to and receive signals from the telecommunications network in an unconcentrated format, and to transmit signals to and receive signals from a central terminal of the telecommunications system over the communications link in a concentrated format; a user-side object on the subscriber terminal side of the communications link for receiving a second signaling event from a second module of the telecommunications system separated from said first module via the communications link, and for generating a second signaling message to represent the second signaling event; the network-side object being arranged to pass the first signaling message to the user-side object over the communications link for subsequent processing by modules on the subscriber terminal side of the communications link, and the user-side object being arranged to pass the second signaling message to the network-side object over the communications link for subsequent processing by modules on the telecommunications network side of the communications link.