Method and apparatus for providing circuit and packet-switched calls on a network
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsZhian Li, ZhongJin Yang
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Abstract
A method of providing circuit-switched and packet-switched calls on a single network comprises receiving (301), at a local switch, a plurality of calls that are comprised of at least one packet-switched call and at least one circuit-switched call and determining (305) a measure of the plurality of calls. Based on the measure of the plurality of calls, a first set of resources (117), from a plurality of resources between the local switch and a network switch, is allocated to circuit-switched calls, and a second set of resources (121), from the plurality of resources between the local switch and the network switch, is allocated to packet-switched calls.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a local switch, a plurality of calls that are comprised of at least one packet-switched call and at least one circuit-switched call;
- determining a measure of the plurality of calls;
- based on the measure of the plurality of calls, allocating to circuit-switched calls a first set of resources from a plurality of resources between the local switch and a network switch and allocating to packet-switched calls a second set of resources from the plurality of resources between the local switch and the network switch.
A local switch comprising:
- a receiver for receiving a plurality calls comprising at least one packet-switched call and at least one circuit-switched call;
- a processor arranged and constructed to determine a measure of the plurality of calls and, based on the distribution, allocating a plurality of resources between packet-switched resources and circuit-switched resources, wherein the plurality of resources link the local switch and a network switch.
A network switch comprising:
- a line processor, arranged and constructed to process packet-switched calls and circuit-switched calls;
- a resource processor, arranged and constructed to allocate a plurality of network resources between packet-switched calls and circuit-switched calls, wherein the plurality of network resources links the network switch and at least one other switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.