Designation and Realization of the Interworking Gateway between IMS and PSTN
The interworking with the PSTN network is a network integration issues which must be solved. M2PA, M2UA and M3UA were compared and M3UA was selected because of its stronger flexibility. For the convenience of equipment expansion, IP switch was used in the hardware designation of PSTN Gateway. The software designation was based on independent entity. Socket communication mode which is loosely coupled was used between different entities. The software was divided into the SIP Proxy Module, the Signal Adapter Module, the Service Adapter Module, the Code and Decode Resource Control Module, and so on. The conversion of format, code, identification between SIP and No.7 signaling was realized. Multi-channel controller was used in the conversion of voice stream between the E1 interface circuit mode and RTP/RTCP mode. The interworking between PSTN and IMS was realized through the gateway and the old equipments can be used in the new network. This work is helpful to promote the network integration work.