Abstract: The invention is a system for interfacing a GR-303 system with a broadband system. The broadband system can be an ATM system. The invention can process the GR-303 signaling to select ATM connections and then interwork the GR-303 connections with the selected ATM connections. The invention can interwork GR-303 signaling and SS7 signaling. The invention can also process SS7 signaling to select GR-303 connections and then interwork ATM connections with the selected GR-303 connections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 1996
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2000
Assignee:
Sprint Communications C.O.L.P.
Inventors:
Michael Joseph Gardner, Tracy Lee Nelson, William Lyle Wiley