Method for Ensuring the Accessibility of Communication Network Subscribers
AssigneeNokia Siemens Networks Oy
InventorNorbert Lobig
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Abstract
An individual accessibility profile specific to each subscriber is created when the communication connection is established, and a connection to the at least one communication terminal is established as required, according to the data stored in the accessibility profile, the information being supplied to the subscriber via connection when the subscriber is reached, and acknowledged by the subscriber on receipt thereof. Thus a subscriber is provided with information in the event of there being an imminent high level of danger or ecological catastrophe.
Claims18
-14. (canceled)
A method for transmitting information to a large number of communication network subscribers accessible via at least one communication terminal, comprising:
- storing a subscriber-specific accessibility profile for each subscriber;
- and
- establishing a connection is to the at least one communication terminal according to the data stored in the accessibility profile for the respective subscriber.
A program for processing subscriber data records containing at least geographical data of the whereabouts of communication network subscribers, accessibility information in the form of directory numbers, e-mail addresses and/or equivalent communication network destination address information as well as priority information in respect of the preferred type of accessibility, the program when executed on a processor provides the steps of:
- defining a geographical definition of at least one relevant area via an input;
- and
- defining a network topology information including a plurality of media servers and respective network connection via an input;
- processing the subscriber data records such that each subscriber data record of a subset of subscriber data records of subscribers potentially affected is assigned to just one media server, and
- wherein the assignment of the subscriber data records of potentially affected subscribers to the media servers is performed to provide:
- an optimum capacity utilization of the media servers,
- a low traffic loading of the network by playing a specified announcement or a dialog to the set subscribers assigned to a media server, and
- a shortest anticipated time until a last potentially affected subscriber is informed.
A media server incorporating means of defining a maximum number of parallel calls per subscriber set, comprising:
- a communications traffic generated between at least one media server and the subscribers to be alerted by same such that a bandwidth, a signaling capacity of intervening switches as well as the links and interface conditions of subscriber concentrators or a bandwidth of the subscriber access are not exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.