TECHNIQUE FOR PLATFORM-TO-PLATFORM COMMUNICATION

摘要

A technique for inter-platform communication between functional components (120), (130) located on different network access platforms (106), (112) will be described. A method aspect of this technique comprises the step of providing a first network access platform (112) comprising a first functional component (124) adapted to provide and/or request a platform- based function to and/or f rom a second functional component (130) located on a second network access platform. On the first network access platform (112) an inter-platform communication application (122) is installed that is adapted to control signalling between the first functional component (120) and the second functional component (130). The inter-platform communication application (122) is enabled to contact a first middleware function (126) provided for accessing the second functional component (130). Then, a communication path (134) is established between the first functional component (120) and the second functional (component 130) via the inter-platform communication application (122) and the first middleware function (126).