Methods and target architecture for enabling IP carrier peering

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9876826
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14928256

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A system for providing an architecture for enabling internet protocol (IP) carrier peering is disclosed. The system provides mechanisms for providing carrier telephone number mapping (ENUM)-based routing for subscribers of a first carrier to locate and connect with subscribers of another IP peering carrier. The system may receive an IP call from a first device of a first carrier that is destined for a second device of a second carrier. The call is forwarded to a breakout gateway control function/transit function that initiates a modified ENUM query to an internetwork packet exchange partner (IPX-P) network using an intercarrier ENUM apex domain. To retrieve a record for routing the call, the modified ENUM query is sent to an IPX-P ENUM via a domain name service name server record configuration directing to the IP address of the IPX-P ENUM. Based on the record, the call is then routed to the second device.

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AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P754 PEACHTREE STREET NE SUITE 7C ATLANTA GA 30308

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Forsyth, James W Royal Oak, US 22 47
Ku, Bernard S Austin, US 35 118
Naidu, Lakshminarashimhan Pearland, US 80 250

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