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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
Joerg Christian Ewert, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Witzel, Herzogenrath, DE;
Joerg Christian Ewert, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Witzel, Herzogenrath, DE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A communication network is described, comprising: —an access network, —a switching control network comprising call control entities arranged for association with subscribers, where said access network is arranged for routing signalling of a given subscriber to a call control entity associated with said given subscriber, and—an Internet Protocol based network for providing a set of services centred in said Internet Protocol based network to one or more of said subscribers, wherein said switching control network comprises a group of first call control entities and a group of second call control entities, said first call control entities are arranged for providing call control services to subscribers having circuit switched subscriptions, and said second call control entities are arranged for providing a gateway to connect to said Internet Protocol based network for subscribers having subscriptions to said set of services centred in said Internet Protocol based network, and each first call control entity has a subscriber association redirector for redirecting an association of a subscriber associated with said each first call control entity and having a subscription to said services centred in said Internet Protocol based network to said group of second call control entities.