related signal delay times according to the invention said problems are solved whereby a part of the connection control is integrated in the media gateway whilst the remaining part of the connection control in particular that concerning the central control and monitoring tasks remains as before in the media gateway controller application_number US 52319905 A description the invention proposes a new function split for ngns as shown in fig3 instead of the strict master slave split used in the ngn concept a proxy client approach is selected in which a part of the connection control is integrated in the media gateway whilst the remaining part of the connection control in particular that concerning the central control and monitoring tasks remains in the media gateway controller as before the media gateway controller to which the invention relates will from here on be referred to as a central network controller and the media gateway to which the invention relates will from here on be referred to as an intelligent access gateway in contrast to a u201c master slave u201d relationship in which total control over a connection rests with the media gateway controller master and in which an access gateway slave only reports events to the media gateway controller and carries out the orders from this controller regarding connection control a client proxy approach is selected in the present invention according to this approach the intelligent access gateway client is the termination for the above mentioned events signaling and carries out a part of the connection control functions itself in particular those connection control functions which do not necessarily need to be provided by a central network controller proxy but instead can be provided directly by a client or.