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US 6,192,052 B1Granted
Method system and apparatus for telecommunications control
AssigneeSprint Communications Company, L. P.
InventorJoseph Michael Christie
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method, system, and apparatus for providing communication control. The invention includes a method in which signaling is processed externally to a switch before it is applied by the network elements. The processor is able to select network characteristics and signal the network elements based the selections. A network employing the processing method is also included, as well as a signaling system that employs the processing method.
Claims10
A communications system for extending a communications path for a call, wherein the system comprises:
- a processor that is operational to receive signaling related to the call, to process the signaling to select a first characteristic for the communications path, to generate a first message that incorporates the first characteristic, and to transmit the first message from the processor;
- an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch that is operational to receive the communications path, to receive the first message, and to extend the communications path in response to the first message;
- an ATM multiplexer that is operational to receive the communications path and to extend the communications path to the ATM switch;
- an ATM connection for the the communications path between the ATM multiplexer and the ATM switch;
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- a link between the processor and the ATM switch operational to transfer the first message.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.