Telecommunication resource allocation system and method

In a telecommunication system, means for communicating between an application from a plurality of applications and a telecommunication resource from a plurality of telecommunication resources, comprising:

• a means for receiving a virtual command from the application, further comprising,
• a means for translating the virtual command to a resource specific command,
• a means for transmitting the resource specific command to the telecommunication resource,
• a means for receiving the resource specific command from the telecommunication resource,
• a means for translating the resource specific command to the virtual command, and
• a means for transmitting the virtual command to the application;
• and
• a means for determining the availability of the telecommunication resource.

In a telecommunication system, a method for communicating between an application from a plurality of applications and a telecommunication resource from a plurality of telecommunication resources, comprising:

• receiving a virtual command from the application, further comprising,
• translating the virtual command to a resource specific command,
• transmitting the resource specific command to the telecommunication resource,
• receiving the resource specific command from the telecommunication resource,
• translating the resource specific command to the virtual command, and
• transmitting the virtual command to the application;
• and
• determining the availability of the telecommunication resource.

A virtual device interface in a telecommunications system, comprising:

• a hardware manager module coupled to a plurality of telecommunications resources configured to update a pool of available telecommunication resources without re-initialization;
• a resource manager module coupled to the hardware manager module configured to allocate an available telecommunication resource from a plurality of applications to a requesting application;
• and
• a translation unit configured to translate a virtual command from the application to a resource specific command for the telecommunication resource, and configured to translate the resource specific command from the telecommunication resource to the virtual command for the application.