Telecommunication systems with packet-switched multimedia terminals (1)
and nodes (8,9) for packet-switched multimedia sessions and with servers
(2,3) for exchanging multimedia signaling information for the
packet-switched multimedia sessions and with terminating units (4) are
provided with gateways (7) for in response to transferral messages
originating from the packet-switched multimedia terminals (1) and
arriving at the servers (2,3) transferring packet-switched multimedia
sessions between packet-switched multimedia terminals (1) and nodes (8,9)
to circuit-switched calls between gateways (7) and circuit-switched
terminals (5) via switches (6), to continue possibly interrupted sessions
via replacing calls. The servers (2,3) send invitation messages to
gateways (7), which send setup messages to switches (6) for setting up
circuit-switched calls via partly alternative communication paths. The
servers (2,3) send information messages to terminating units (4) for
bringing the terminating units (4) from session level to call level.
Transferral messages are session Initiation Protocol REFER messages
comprising predefined Uniform Resource Locators to be converted into call
numbers defining circuit-switched terminals (5). Preferably, a
packet-switched multimedia terminal (1) and a circuit-switched terminal
(5) are one and the same terminal (99).