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Patent US7616659 - Methods and systems for communicating SS7 messages over packet-based network ... - Google Patents
A transport adapter layer interface (TALI) includes messages, processes, and packet structures for sending and receiving SS7 information over a stream-oriented connection, such as a TCP/IP connection. For example, the TALI interface includes test messages for testing the status of a connection and allow...http://www.google.cl/patents/US7616659?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7616659 - Methods and systems for communicating SS7 messages over packet-based network using transport adapter layer interface
Publication number US7616659 B2
Application number US 11/184,632
Also published as US7002988, US7525997, US7573905, US8213410, US20050265341, US20050286502, US20060013203, US20060013204
Publication number 11184632, 184632, US 7616659 B2, US 7616659B2, US-B2-7616659, US7616659 B2, US7616659B2
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International Classification H04L29/08, H04L12/56, H04Q3/00, H04M7/06, H04L12/28, H04L29/06, H04L12/26, H04L12/66, H04J3/22
Cooperative Classification H04L65/1043, H04L65/104, H04L65/103, H04L43/50, H04Q3/0025, H04M7/066, H04Q3/0045, H04L29/06027, H04L69/08, H04L69/32
European Classification H04L29/08A, H04M7/06P, H04L29/06M2N2M4, H04Q3/00D3H, H04L29/06M2N3, H04L29/06C2, H04Q3/00D2, H04L29/06M2N2S4, H04L29/06E, H04L43/50, H04L12/26T