Patent · US Expired

Distributed signaling system 7 (SS7) message routing gateway

US6965592B2 · kind B2 · utility

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127References

46Claims

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Assignee

TEKELEC, INC. · US

Inventors

Robert John Tinsley · Chapel Hill, US
Peter J. Marsico · Chapel Hill, US
Lee B. Smith · Apex, US
Virgil E. Long · Raleigh, US
Gregory Allen Hunt · Morrisville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2001
Grant date	Nov 15, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q3/0025
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A distributed gateway includes distributed gateway routing elements co-located with SS7 network elements. Each distributed gateway routing element performs an SS7 routing function, such an MTP level 3 routing function. The distributed gateway routing elements communicate with each other over a virtual bus that guarantees quality of service for SS7 message packets. Accordingly, the distributed gateway routing elements set quality of service parameters in the SS7 message packets that are forwarded over the virtual bus.

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