GENERIC SIGNALING PROTOCOL - ARCHITECTURE, MODEL, AND SERVICES

In this paper we describe the functional architecture, connection model, and services of the generic signaling protocol (GSP). GSP is a simple, yet powerful, connection management protocol. The semantics and structure of GSP support call suspension and resumption, symmetric and asymmetric bridging, third-party "proxy" call setup, and multiple-connection "multimedia" calling. GSP can function as a network access, inter-switch, computer-to-switch, or network configuration protocol, and has applications in circuit-switching and packet-switching networks. We give an example message flow that demonstrates how GSP can be used to perform third-party call setup.