Method for increasing the flexibility of a communication network with separated call control and bearer control

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Method, communication network and software program that enables a more flexible architecture in communication networks with separated call control and bearer control. The invention enables full support of the advantages of a communication network with separated call control and bearer control when interfacing with a further network with monolithic signalling. The invention also increases the flexibility of an existing payload connection especially in the case of a malfunction. The invention uses the existing signalling protocols to transfer further information. Basically information elements and methods to interpret the transferred information are stored in the receivers and senders of the …