Patent ID: 6885671
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A communication system comprising: a signaling processing system configured to receive signaling identifying a first connection for a call, process the signaling to select an identifier and a second connection, transfer a first message indicating the first connection and the identifier, and transfer a second message indicating the identifier and the second connection; a first interworking unit configured to receive user communications for the call and the first message, interwork the user communications into asynchronous communications including the identifier in response to the first message, and transfer the asynchronous communications; an optical network configured to receive the asynchronous communications from the first interworking unit and transfer the asynchronous communications over an optical network; and a second interworking unit configured to receive the asynchronous communications from the optical network and the second message, interwork the asynchronous communications into the user communications based on the identifier, and transfer the user communications over the second connection in response to the second message.