Patent ID: 7000030
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: H04L,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. An interworking method for a data connection between a first network element terminal supporting a first processing scheme and a second terminal supporting a second processing scheme, comprising the steps of: monitoring by an interim network element locating between the first and the second terminals the negotiation on a processing scheme between the first and the second terminals, detecting that the second terminal does not support a first processing scheme proposed by the first terminal, and providing by the interim network element an interworking function for adapting the first processing scheme to a second processing scheme supported by the second terminal, wherein said first and second processing schemes correspond to first and second error correction schemes, and wherein said providing step comprises replacing a negotiation symbol indicating said first error correction scheme by a negotiation symbol indicating said second error correction scheme, and replacing a negotiation symbol indicating said second error correction scheme by a negotiation symbol indicating the highest common error correction scheme supported by said first terminal and said interworking function.