Genband Inc.

General Bandwidth Inc.

Anthony John Paul Carew

Robert H Whitcher

Eric Sean Parham

Brian E Williams

A telecommunications network () includes a gateway () receiving signaling information in a media gateway and call session control format from a Classsoftswitch (). The gateway () converts the media gateway and call session control format to a broadband loop emulation service signaling protocol for transfer to integrated access devices () at a customer premises () through a broadband loop emulation services network (). The gateway () also receives signal information in a broadband loop emulation service signaling protocol from the integrated access devices () through the broadband loop emulation services network (). The gateway () converts the broadband loop emulation service signaling protocol to the media gateway and call session control format for transfer to the Classsoftswitch (). The Classsoftswitch () places the media gateway and call session control format into a network signal format for transfer over a signaling network ().

System and method for interfacing between signaling protocols

A telecommunications network () includes a gateway () that receives signaling information in a message based signaling format from a Class 5 softswitch (). The gateway () also receives voice traffic over an inter-machine trunk from a public switched telephone network (). The gateway () places the voice traffic into data packets. The gateway () transfers the data packets and the signaling information to an Internet Protocol network (). The data packets and the signaling information may be transferred over a common physical link and over separate logical links.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Anthony John Paul Carew