System and method of transporting bearer traffic in a signaling server using real-time bearer protocol

摘要

A system and method of transporting bearer traffic in a signaling server using a real-time bearer protocol (RBP) structure, wherein the signaling server is arranged as a plurality of interconnected computing elements or nodes. The RBP structure includes a data link header which comprises destination and source MAC addresses associated with a select pair of computing nodes of the signaling server. An RBP header block is provided which includes an RBP indicator, a mail box for indicating the type of bearer payload, and a multi-frame control portion. The total number of frames of an RBP PDU is indicated in the multi-frame control portion. A variable data block for holding the bearer payload is provided in the RBP frame which is dimensioned as a low overhead frame having a known format for optimizing transport speed.