Patent ID: 8230111

Claim:
A method for the transmission of signaling messages, comprising: receiving an original signaling message that is defined for an interconnected data transmission and has signaling data for the data transmission; transmitting, via a data packet network, a partner signaling message that is defined for the received original signaling message and is suitable for the encapsulation of the original signaling message but does not encapsulate the original signaling message, wherein the partner signaling message includes a message element that indicates the participation of an interconnected data transmission network, wherein the partner signaling message includes a first portion of the signaling data from the original signaling message, the first portion being necessary for signaling to a terminal of the data packet transmission network, wherein the partner signaling message excludes a second portion of the signaling data from the original signaling message, receiving a response message to the partner signaling message; and transmitting a further partner signaling message that encapsulates the original signaling message in response to receiving the response message, wherein the received response message indicates that a subscriber line is not a direct receiver of the partner signaling message.