Patent ID: 6757552
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: H04L,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A method of transmitting signalling information in a telecommunications network between a pair of application parts, the method comprising;generating said signalling information at a first of said application parts, including addressing information associated with the second of the application parts; passing said signalling information from the application part to a Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP); passing said signalling information from the TCAP to an adaptation layer arranged to determine an IP address and port number associated with said addressing information; passing said signalling information and said IP address and port number to an Internet Protocol (IP) part and transmitting the signalling information over an IP network to said destination IP address in one or more IP datagrams; decapsulating said signalling information at the destination associated with the IP address and at an adaptation layer identified by said port number; and routing the signalling information to the second user part.