Configuration of a broadband cable network-based telephony access network and a respective packet-based exchange

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the comfortable and consistent administration of subscriber-specific data and call processing features of a plurality of Multimedia Terminal Adapters of individual cable network telephony subscribers that are connected via one cable modem each to a broadband cable network used as the telephony access network in conjunction with at least one packet-based exchange for providing network and subscriber features, for processing signaling information and controlling the useful data transfer between the subscribers using suitable packet-based protocols. The method is furthermore characterized by a function that, for example, automatically provides a new cable network telephony subscriber with an allocation to a line unit of the exchange. This function also makes it possible for other telephony-relevant data and address positions to be input in a coordinated manner into the broadband cable network and the exchange. The allocation of the port address for the Multimedia Terminal Adapter of a cable network telephony subscriber to a line unit of the exchange can be carried out by the exchange itself, by a superordinate Network Management System and/or in the framework of a preconfiguration by means of at least one planning and configuration tool of the network provider upstream of the Network Management System. The advantages of the inventive system consist mainly in releasing the network provider from any call processing-specific additional addressing of cable network subscribers and in allowing for a decomposition of symbolic addresses during start or restart of the exchange, expired period of validity of the addresses or in the failure mode.

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