SIGNALING ARCHITECTURE FOR DECOMPOSED SERVICE NETWORK ELEMENTS OPERABLE WITH IMS

摘要

In one embodiment, a service gateway decomposition method is described that is operable in an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) environment (120). A service gateway controller (SGC) (802) is provided for effectuating a signaling interface (810) with respect to at least one remote services server (404). One or more service gateways (SGWs) (804) are provided for effectuating a message transport interface (812) with respect to the remote services server (404), wherein the SGC (802) and SGWs (804) are interfaced together using a suitable signaling architecture.