Patent ID: 7496088

Claim:
A method for establishing a call in a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network comprising a first and a second packet network section, a TDM transit network section coupled to the first and second packet network sections, and a wide area packet network coupled to the first and second packet network sections, the method comprising: providing, at a first terminal equipment coupled to said first packet network section, dialed digits, the dialed digits representing a directory number of a second terminal equipment coupled to said second packet network section; initiating the setup of a first connection through the TDM transit network to the second packet network in accordance with said dialed digits, wherein during call setup at least one message or information element is conveyed to the second packet network section, the at least one message or information element being indicative of the first terminal equipment's packet capabilities and/or an address of a first controlling device controlling the call in the first packet network section; in the second network, receiving said at least one message or information element at a second controlling device controlling the call in the second packet network section; and establishing, by means of the first and second controlling device and the information extracted from said at least one message or information element, a second connection between the first and second terminal equipment through the wide area packet network.