TRANSLATION OF IDENTIFIERS IN A PACKET NETWORK

摘要

In order to increase addressing capacity of terminals in an internet type packet network (RP), the identifier (ITe) of a terminal (TE) having a predetermined format comprised in a network packet (PQ1) transmitted in a client installation (IC) is translated into a predetermined identifier (IPI) of the installation (IC) having said format and comprised in a network packet (PQ2) which is transmitted in the packet network (RP) to a telephony service provider server and into a port number (Pel-Pe3) corresponding to the terminal identifier (ITe) and comprised in the transport packet encapsulated in the packet (PQ2) transmitted in the network, or vice-versa. The port number can be dynamically allocated for steps during a communication with the terminal.