Patent ID: 6785362
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for checking the functionality of a switching center to be tested, wherein the switching center is used to produce subscriber connections in a telecommunications network and has at least two switching connections to which, respectively, at least two further switching centers are connected, in each switching connection an intermediate interface is respectively provided for interchanging user information on the subscriber connection with the respectively connected further switching center, the switching center to be tested also having at least one signaling interface via which signaling messages for controlling the subscriber connections and for administering the intermediate interfaces are interchanged, each signaling message having details relating to a respective source and destination switching center, the method comprising the steps of:receiving original signaling messages which have been transmitted from the switching center to be tested, wherein a point code of the switching center to be tested is used to indicate a source point and destination point of the signaling messages, with each signaling message having a respective address field which includes a respective source code and a respective destination code, and with the switching center to be tested being stated as the source point in the original signaling messages; converting the original signaling messages in accordance with a first predetermined rule into further respective signaling messages in which the switching center to be tested is stated as the destination point; and sending the further signaling messages to the switching center to be tested.