Patent ID: 6314109
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A node of a communication network comprising:a host device and an adjunct device joined by a first linkset,the host device having a host point code and the adjunct device having an adjunct point code,the host device communicating with nodes of the communication network through a second linkset, and the adjunct device communicating with nodes of the communication network through a third linkset,the host device comprising means for changing a destination point code of a message received through the second linkset from the host point code to the adjunct point code, and means for changing an originating point code of a message received through the first linkset from the adjunct point code to the host point code, andthe adjunct device comprising means for performing a service requested in a message received through the first link set having the adjunct point code as a destination point code and for providing a reply having the adjunct point code as the originating point code and the originating point code of the received message as the destination point code, and means for performing a service requested in a message received through the third linkset having the host point code as the destination point code and for returning a reply having the host point code as the originating point code and the originating point code of the received message as the destination point code.