Patent ID: 7403606
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A network system comprising: at least one network element of a first type; at least one network element of a second type for transmitting messages to said first type network elements, each of said second type network elements using a specific protocol of a plurality of protocols for transmitting the messages, wherein said first type network elements are configured to process the received protocol-specific messages and to transmit messages to said second type network elements by using service logic programs included in each of said first type network elements; and a definition unit configured to define protocol definitions of said plurality of protocols, which protocol definitions are related to one message, into a general protocol definition for the message, and configured to provide general protocol definitions for all possible messages transmitted by said second type network elements and said first type network elements for each of said first type network elements, wherein each of said first type network elements comprises a conversion unit configured to convert the provided general protocol definitions into one general message set that is used in the respective first type network element, so that the service logic programs register to only this one general message set, and a selection unit configured to select converted protocol definitions in the converted general protocol definition for a received protocol-specific message and for a message to be transmitted by the respective first type network element out of the general message set, and configured to provide the selected converted protocol definitions for the received message to said service logic programs for processing the received message, and configured to transmit the selected converted protocol definitions for the message to be transmitted.