Patent ID: 7082121

Claim:
A system for interworking between a SS7 broadband network and an Internet Protocol network to provide transport of connection oriented information, comprising: a radio node controller in the SS7 network operable to generate SS7 formatted information for transport in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode Permanent Virtual Circuit in response to communications with a mobile unit; a signaling gateway operable to receive the SS7 formatted information carried in the Asynchronous Transfer Mode Permanent Virtual Circuit from the radio node controller, the signaling gateway operable to map the SS7 formatted information into Internet Protocol information the signaling gateway operable to transport the Internet Protocol formatted information in an Stream Control Transmission Protocol stream associated with the Asynchronous Transfer Mode Permanent Virtual Circuit; a mobile switching center in the Internet Protocol network operable to receive the Internet Protocol formatted information on the Stream Control Transmission Protocol stream; and wherein the signaling gateway includes a table defining an association between Asynchronous Transfer Mode Permanent Virtual Circuits and Stream Control Transmission Protocol streams.