Signalling in a telecommunications system

摘要

Method for transmitting signaling information in a telecommunications network between a pair of application parts, the method comprising the steps of: generating signaling information at a first application part, including addressing information associated with the second application part, passing the signaling Information from the application part to a Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP); passing the signaling information from the TCAP to an adaptation layer arranged to determine an IP address and port number associated with the addressing information; passing the signaling Information and the IP address and port number to an Internet Protocol (IP) part and transmitting the signaling information over an IP network to the destination IP address in one or more IP datagrams; decapsulating the signaling information at the destination associated with the IP address and at an adaptation layer identified by the port number; and routing the signaling information to the second application part.