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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Nagesh Kumar Bollapalli, Bangalore, IN;
Ashish Sharma, Bangalore, IN;
Pendyala Satya Ravi Kiran, Bangalore, IN;
Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods, apparatus and systems for optimizing media paths in communications networks. An exemplary embodiment includes the steps of a first SBC (SBC) receiving a session request including a SDP offer for a session between first and second devices including media stream(s), said request being sent by a second SBC (SBC) and traversing a portion of a signaling path including intermediary device(s), determining that media stream(s) should bypass one or more of the intermediary device(s), generating and transmitting to SBCfrom SBCa SDP answer including at least one of: (i) all SDP media descriptor transport addresses being set to zero; (ii) all SDP media stream connection values being set to 0.0.0.0 and at least one media transport address being non-zero; or (iii) header information or SDP information indicating that at least one intermediary device should be bypassed for the one or more media streams.