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US 7,411,938 B2Granted
Splitting up the handling of-voice channel-related functions in a telecommunications network, whereby only the least used functions are centrally provided
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMathias Franz, Alfred Jugel, Patrick Kleiner, Norbert Löbig, Klaus Pulverer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for providing voice channel-related functions in a telecommunications network, whereby first voice channel functions are centrally provided, and second voice channel functions are decentrally provided. The invention also relates to a telecommunications network for implementing this method.
Claims16
A method for providing voice channel-related functions in a telecommunications network, comprising:
- providing a dialog device at a central location in the network to accommodate a plurality of first voice channel-related functions within the telecommunications network;
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- providing a plurality of announcement devices at distributed locations in the network to accommodate a plurality of second voice channel-related functions within the telecommunications network, the second voice channel-related function being used more frequently than the first voice channel-related functions.
A telecommunications network for providing voice channel-related functions, comprising:
- a dialog device for providing a plurality of first voice channel-related functions at a central location in the network;
- a plurality of announcement devices for providing a plurality of voice channel-related functions at distributed locations within the network, the second voice channel-related functions being used more frequently than the first voice channel-related functions;
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- a central controller for controlling the first voice channel-related functions of the dialog device and the second voice channel-related functions of the announcement devices.
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