Patent ID: 7058045
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for processing signaling data and for controlling connections in a packet-switching communications network, wherein the packet-switching communications network includes at least one subscriber, the method comprising the steps of: controlling a concentrator interface via a network element, using at least one connecting unit such that the network element makes resources available to said concentrator interface; transmitting signaling data between at least one packet control unit of the network element and the connecting unit of the network element via a message distribution system of the network element; converting the signaling data of the network element by the packet control unit into signaling packets of the packet-switching communications network and vice versa; exchanging the signaling packets of the subscriber of the packet-switching communications network between subscribers and the network element using a physical interface of one of the packet control unit and the message router system of the network element, and transmitting the user data using the network element when there is a connection between the subscriber and a second subscriber.