Patent ID: 6751308
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A signaling method for a telecommunication network providing a virtual private network, said signaling method comprising the steps of:a) determining a destination capability to support virtual private network signaling in response to the receipt of a connection request from a subscriber belonging to said virtual private network, wherein said destination capability is determined on the basis of a table used in a number analysis; b) deciding on the initiation of a virtual private network signaling in the call set-up, when the determination result in said determination step indicates that the destination is able to support virtual private network signaling, and c) dropping an information relating to said virtual private network signaling, if it is determined in said determination step that the destination is not able to support said virtual private network signaling; wherein said virtual private network signaling is not initiated if said table indicates a mobile subscriber as the destination of the call.