Patent ID: 8594128
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling dynamic protocol interworking in a communication network, comprising: registering all endpoint devices connected to a border element, wherein the registering comprises providing all protocols supported by each endpoint device of the all endpoint devices, wherein the protocols are internet protocol based protocols, wherein the border element resides at an edge in the communication network, and serves as a gateway for interacting with an access network and performs signaling and media control, wherein the communication network is a packet network; storing signaling protocol configurations at the border element based upon the all protocols to support interworking between each one of the all protocols that are registered; receiving a signaling message at the communication network, where the signaling message is generated by an endpoint device of the all endpoint devices connected to the communication network; and processing the signaling message from the endpoint device by dynamically resolving a protocol conflict at the border element of the communication network using one of the signaling protocol configurations stored in the border element.