Method and apparatus for provisioning a soft switch
Assignee3Com Corporation
InventorsAnoop Tripathi, Ashish Sardesai, Sudhakar Ramakrishna
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Abstract
A provisioning server (11) having various operating modes serves to provide a unified logical view of a soft switch (10) to a user via a display (14) and in response to receiving new service information from the user, provisioning corresponding configuration parameters to various of the logical communications support platforms (10A-F) that comprise the soft switch. Depending upon the mode of operation, the provisioning server can also receive current configuration parameter information from the logical platforms.
Claims20
A provisioning server for use with a telecommunications soft switch, which soft switch includes a plurality of logical communications support platforms, which platforms are each individually at least partially configured pursuant to a set of configuration parameters, the provisioning server comprising an interface that is operably coupled to the plurality of logical communications support platforms and which provisioning server has at least a first mode of operation, a second mode of operation, and a third mode of operation, wherein:
- pursuant to the first mode of operation the provisioning server receives information from the plurality of logical communications support platforms regarding their individual configuration parameters;
- pursuant to the second mode of operation the provision server provides new configuration parameter information to specific logical communications support platforms;
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- pursuant to the third mode of operation the provision server provides a logical view of the plurality of logical communications support platforms to a user.
A provisioning server for use with a telecommunications soft switch, which soft switch includes a plurality of logical communications support platforms, which platforms are each individually at least partially configured pursuant to a set of configuration parameters, the provisioning server comprising:
- an interface that is operably coupled to the plurality of logical communications support platforms;
- input means for receiving service information from a user;
- a memory having configuration parameter information as corresponds to the plurality of logical communications support platforms stored therein;
- provisioning means operably coupled to the interface, the input means, and the memory for modifying configuration parameter information as a function, at least in part, of the service information from the user in order to define a soft switch configuration that will support a specific desired service.
A method comprising:
- providing a telecommunications soft switch comprising a plurality of logical communications support platforms;
- operably coupling the plurality of logical communications support platforms to a provisioning server;
- at the provisioning server:
- receiving information from a user regarding a desired service;
- correlating the information regarding the desired service to specific configuration parameters for various ones of the plurality of logical communications support platforms to identify particular configuration parameters;
- modifying at least some of the particular configuration parameters to accommodate the desired service to provide modified configuration parameters;
- providing the modified configuration parameters to the plurality of logical communications support platforms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.