Patent ID: 6778491
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A system for managing signaling messages in a telecommunication system, comprising:a first control module operable to receive signaling messages from a plurality of signaling links, process the signaling messages, and send the processed signaling messages through a communication network interface; a second control module operable to receive the signaling messages from the plurality of signaling links, process the signaling messages, and send the processed signaling messages through a communication network interface; a matelink, that is a bi-directional link, coupled to the first control module and the second control module, the matelink operable to communicate the status of the first control module to the second control module and the status of the second control module to the first control module, and thereby to keep the first and second control modules in synchronization; and wherein the first control module and the second control module are further operable to be in either an active mode or a standby mode, only one of the first control module and the second control module being in the active mode at one time, the control module in the active mode sending the processed signaling messages through the associated communication network interface and the status messages over the matelink, said status messages including current state and sequence information from the module in the active mode.