摘要 |
<p>The invention concerns a telecommunication gateway for processing a data stream in a local chain of process function such as media stream applications (MSAs). The gateway basically includes a bearer control unit (102), a connection coordinator (103), and a resource manager (104) with an associated pool (105) of resources. For a requested connection, the connection coordinator (103) requests a media connection agent (106) and the necessary media stream applications (MSA1-MSA3) from the resource manager (104). The connection agent (106) determines a routing table (107) based on the destination addresses of the requested MSAs, and uses the routing table (107) to route the data stream from an incoming exchange terminal (ET1) to an outgoing exchange terminal (ET2) through the chain of MSAs.</p> |