VIRTUAL TRANSPORT SERVER IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

A virtual transport server apparatus in a telecommunication network having a packet network and a circuit network with a telephonic switching device, a circuit signaling interface for terminating a signaling link betwe en the virtual transport server apparatus and the telephonic switching device coupl ed to the circuit network and a packet signaling interface for terminating a packet link between the virtual transport server apparatus and the packet network. A circuit receiver is coupled to a processor and the circuit signaling interfa ce for receiving call origination information having a circuit identification code from the telephonic switching device at the circuit receiver and a packet transmitter coupled to the processor and the packet signaling interface for transmitting the call origination information from the virtual transport server apparatus to a packet circuit gateway in response to the processor processing the call origination information from the circuit receiver. Additionally, a packet receiver is coupled to the processor and the packet signaling interface for receiving virtual circuit information and in response to the processor processing the received virtual circuit information transmitting from the packet transmitte r to another virtual transport server apparatus the call origination information and the virtual circuit information.