Geo-separation of control and bearer nodes for a telecommunication system
AssigneeGenband US LLC
InventorPaul Miller
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Abstract
A method includes, with a distributed telecommunication component, providing a plurality of first type nodes, each first type node configured to perform a signaling function. The method further include, with the distributed telecommunication component, providing a plurality of second type nodes, each second type node configured to perform a media bearing function. At least one of the plurality of bearer nodes is geographically separate by a predetermined distance from at least one of the plurality of control nodes.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- with a distributed Session Border Controller (SBC), providing a plurality of control nodes, each control node configured to establish a connection between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, at least two of the plurality of control nodes being geographically separate;
- and
- with the distributed SBC, providing a plurality of bearer nodes, each bearer node configured to bear media traffic between the first endpoint and the second endpoint at least two of the plurality of bearer nodes being geographically separate and at least one of the bearer nodes being geographically separate from at least one of the plurality of control nodes;
- with the distributed SBC, changing a total number of one of the plurality of control nodes and the plurality of bearer nodes, in response to a predetermined event.
A method comprising:
- with a distributed telecommunication component, providing a plurality of first type nodes, each first type node configured to perform exclusively one of a control function and a bearer function;
- and
- with the distributed telecommunication component, providing a plurality of second type nodes, each second type node configured to perform exclusively the other of a control function and a bearer function;
- at least one of the plurality of first type nodes is geographically separate by a predetermined distance from at least one of the plurality of second type nodes;
- and
- with the distributed telecommunication component, in response to a predetermined event, changing a total number of the first type nodes.
A distributed telecommunication system configured to handle telecommunication sessions between networks, the system comprising;
- a plurality of control nodes, each control node configured to establish a connection between a first endpoint and a second endpoint;
- and
- a plurality of bearer nodes, each bearer node configured to provide a common media platform between a first of the plurality of control nodes and a second of the plurality of control nodes, the plurality of bearer nodes being associated with different pieces of hardware than the plurality of control nodes;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of control nodes is in a first geographic location and at least one of the plurality of bearer nodes is in a second geographic location, the first geographic location being separated from the second geographic location;
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- a distributed telecommunication component, configured to change a total number of one of the plurality of control nodes and the plurality of bearer nodes, in response to a predetermined event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.