Patent ID: 7457280
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An interworking node operatively connectable to a plurality of call control nodes each including switching intelligence and narrowband switching fabric and a plurality of connection control nodes each including broadband switching fabric and each being capable of processing a communication using one of a plurality of formats, said interworking node comprising: means for interworking between said plurality of call control nodes and said plurality of connection control nodes; a database communicably coupled to said means for interworking for linking a particular one of said plurality of connection control nodes with a corresponding one of said plurality of formats wherein a call control instruction transmitted by said particular one of said call control nodes and forwarded by said interworking node to one of said connection control nodes is used for controlling call connection over said broadband switching fabric within said one connection control node and wherein said call control instruction is translated by said interworking node into said one of said plurality of formats compatible with said one connection control node; means for receiving a communication from or for said particular connection control node; means for ascertaining said corresponding format associated with said particular connection control node by accessing said database; and means for translating said communication responsive to said ascertained corresponding format.