Patent ID: 7804789
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing and selectively distributing routing status information in a message routing system which includes at least one communication interface for communicating signaling system 7 (SS7) information over a non-message-transfer-part (MTP) transport protocol, the method comprising: (a) assigning a plurality of non-MTP-transport communication modules within a signaling message routing node to a first signaling mateset (SM) group for distribution of non-MTP routing status information; (b) communicating non-MTP routing status information associated with the first SM group among the communication modules in the first SM group, wherein communicating the non-MTP routing status information among the communication modules in the first SM group includes limiting the communication of the non-MTP routing status information from the communication modules in the first SM group to the communication modules in the first SM group; and (c) communicating MTP routing status information associated with the first SM group to at least one communication module within the signaling message routing node that is not in the first SM group.