Patent ID: 6636528
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for operating a switching device, said method comprising the steps of:switching data in a telecommunication network with said switching device, said switching device having a first control unit for controlling said switching device; employing a first protocol for signaling control commands between the first control unit and a first terminal unit, said first control unit being connected to a second terminal unit via an interface unit; employing a second protocol different from said first protocol for signaling control commands between said interface unit and said second terminal unit; and performing at least one of the following: embedding control commands according to the first protocol received at said interface unit from said control unit into control commands according to said second protocol and sending said embedded control commands to said second terminal unit; and extracting embedded control commands according to the first protocol from control commands according to said second protocol received at said interface unit from said second terminal unit and sending the extracted control commands to said control unit.