| 摘要 |
<p>A method, apparatus, and instructions for establishing a virtual communication channel (508) between applications on different nodes (404 and 406) in which one node may be using a communication protocol stack based on one protocol, such as SS7, and another node may be using a communication protocol stack based on another protocol, such as IP. Alternatively, a virtual communication channel (508) may be provided between applications on different nodes in which both nodes use a communication protocol stack based on IP to communicate with each other, but carry SS7 traffic through the communication channel (508). A gateway (512) is provided in which both SS7 and IP are supported. The gateway (512) allows for logical transport of signaling messages between peer applications on different nodes (600 and 602). Messages (706) for SS7 are placed in data packets (700) for transport to a destination using an IP connection or link to the destination. Header information (704) also is placed into the data packet (700) to allow for routing of the messages when the packet (700) is received at the destination.</p> |
