Patent ID: 6967956
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A network routing element capable of receiving, from a first communication network, a first message formatted according to a first transport protocol suite containing information that is formatted according to a first signaling protocol, and subsequently generating a second message formatted according to a second transport protocol suite containing information that is formatted in a second signaling protocol and transmitting the second message to a second communication network, the network element comprising: a) a first communication module capable of receiving, from the first communication network, a first message formatted according to the first transport protocol suite and containing information that is formatted according to the first signaling protocol; b) a second communication module capable of transmitting, to the second communication network, a second message formatted according to the second transport protocol suite containing information that is formatted according to the second signaling protocol; c) a Multi-protocol Routing Database (MRD) for storing protocol translation and routing information; d) a multi-protocol routing process for extracting information from the MRD and subsequently directing the first message to a translation process based on the information; and e) a transport protocol suite process for receiving the second message from the multi-protocol routing process based on the first message and for applying the second transport protocol suite and associated routing instructions to the second message.