Patent ID: 8687624
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first request for data communication from a first node, the first request being coded in a first protocol, the first request being modified to include information identifying a first payload type; receiving a second request for data communication from a second node, the second request being coded in a second protocol, the second request being modified to include information identifying a second payload type; configuring a first message coded in the first protocol to include the information identifying the second payload type, the first message being an Open Logical Channel (OLC) message; sending the first message to the first node to ascertain a capability of the first node to process the second payload type; and receiving a first response to the first message from the first node, the first response being sent by the first node as a response to receiving the first message and including information indicative of whether the first node can process a payload of the second payload type.