Method for identifying a transfer unit which is part of a connection between a communications terminal and a private branch exchange
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWolfgang Fraas, Klaus Huenlich
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Abstract
Communication terminals are connected to a communication network via at least one hub having an unambiguous address in the communication network. Data transmission between the switching system and the communication terminals is provided using a time-slot-oriented data format formed from a periodic sequence of channel-oriented information segments. The address of the hub is transmitted from the hub to the switching system in an agreed information segment.
Claims13
A method for identifying a hub in a communication network having a plurality of hubs connecting communication terminals to a switching system and using a time-slot-oriented data format formed from a periodic sequence of channel-oriented information segments for data transmission between the communication terminals via the hubs and the switching system, said method comprising:
- associating each of the hubs with an unambiguous address in the communication network;
- requesting the address of a respective hub by the switching system via a request message addressed to one of the communication terminals connected to the respective hub;
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- transmitting by the respective hub the address of the respective hub via the communication network to the switching system in an agreed information segment upon the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.