Patent ID: 6795440
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for operating a tandem communications system, the method comprising:receiving incoming circuit-based traffic into an asynchronous interworking system; receiving signaling information associated with the incoming circuit-based traffic into a processor; processing the signaling information in the processor to select an identifier and a connection and generating control information identifying the selected identifier and the selected connection; transferring the control information from the processor to the asynchronous interworking system; in the asynchronous interworking system, converting the incoming circuit-based traffic into asynchronous traffic in response to the control information; routing the asynchronous traffic from the asynchronous interworking system through a matrix based on the selected identifier in response to the control information; in the asynchronous interworking system, converting the asynchronous traffic into outgoing circuit-based traffic after routing the asynchronous traffic through the matrix; and transmitting the outgoing circuit-based traffic from the asynchronous interworking system over the selected connection in response to the control information.