System and method for switching a connection
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorNorbert Huffschmid
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Abstract
A system and method for switching a connection between a first and a second terminal of a communications network, where switching takes place upon a request from outside this communications network, two time-slot-controlled inputs for transmission segments of a media gateway are connected by means of a data line, a CtD connection request is sent from a CtD server to the media gateway, a connection is established between one input and the first terminal and between another input and the second terminal, and the two connections are switched together to form a transmission segment.
Claims13
A method for switching a connection between a first and a second terminal of a communications network, where switching occurs upon request from a source outside of the communications network, comprising:
- connecting two time-slot-controlled inputs for transmission segments of a media gateway via a data line;
- sending a CtD connection request from a CtD server to the media gateway such that the inputs connected with one another are configured for transmission of signals in a common time slot;
- establishing a connection between a first of the inputs and the first terminal and a connection between a second of the inputs and the second terminal;
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- switching the two connections together to form a transmission segment.
A system for switching a connection between a first and second terminal of a communications network, comprising:
- a media gateway connected with an IP network and has protocol functionality;
- a CtD server communicating with the media gateway;
- at least two inputs for transmission segments of the media gateway connected with one another via a data line;
- and
- a database application in which current availability data of inputs connected in pairs for the transmission segments is stored in a common time slot on the media gateway.
A media gateway for switching of connections, comprising:
- connecting two time-slot-controlled inputs for transmission segments of a media gateway via a data line;
- sending a CtD connection request from a CtD server to the media gateway such that the inputs connected with one another are configured for transmission of signals in a common time slot;
- establishing a connection between a first of the inputs and the first terminal and a connection between a second of the inputs and the second terminal;
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- switching the two connections together to form a transmission segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.