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7492886 |
Method for allocating network resources
Network resources for a call between a calling party and a called party are allocated. The network resources for the call are reserved based on a reservation request. In particular, the network...
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7466807 |
Methods, systems and computer program products for offloading prepaid status queries from a prepaid status database for unlimited in-network prepaid calls
Methods, systems, and computer program products for offloading prepaid credit status queries from prepaid credit status databases for unlimited-plan prepaid in-network calls is provided. According...
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7450502 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the potential impact of traffic surges
The present invention enables a graphical display of network call volumes in a predefined period before and after network alarm indications that show serious service disruptions to help determine...
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7426188 |
Method and apparatus to facilitate variable-rate call management operations
A network element ( 20 ), such as a PDSN or home agent, upon determining ( 11 ) a need to effect a call management operation, then determines ( 12 ) whether to constrain the facilitation of that...
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7366288 |
Method and apparatus of detection of inter-carrier looping
Method and apparatus for detecting inter-carrier call looping. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method that can be used to reliably detect inter-network routing loops and kill...
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7292687 |
Capability negotiation in a telecommunications network
A method of negotiating a call capability between signalling points in a telecommunications system. The method comprises sending a capability preference or prioritised list of preferences from an...
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7254228 |
Method and system for effective utilizing the switching capacity of local exchanges
To support a changing volume of a voice-grade traffic in an access network having a local exchange with a limited capacity, provide two or more access networks each having subscribers and...
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7242755 |
Dynamic routing for a telephone conference call
A method and system are disclosed to provide a conference among conference participants over a communication network. A routing system receives conference utilization data from a plurality of...
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7200141 |
Bandwidth detection in a heterogeneous network with parallel and proxy modes
Effective bandwidth of a communication link is determined in a heterogeneous, packet switched network between a source and a destination, where effective bandwidth is defined as the actual...
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7194078 |
Network redirection control routing
A system and apparatus within a communications server for intercepting supplemental service requests to a communications network and ensuring redirection to correct network party and optimal...
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7162017 |
System and method for determining an optimal threshold for increasing telephone line capacity and for evaluating line management policies
A method determines a threshold for increasing telephone line capacity in a telecommunications system. The method includes receiving a group of parameters that relate to at least one of a telephone...
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7158627 |
Method and system for inhibiting softswitch overload
A method includes receiving, at a softswitch executing on a computer, a plurality of calls for switching, monitoring at least one criteria associated with operation of the computer, and based on...
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7130402 |
Communication request processing system communication request processing method communication request processing apparatus
To extract part of a large volume of traffic and adjust the total volume of traffic dynamically. When a communication request is originated from a telecommunications apparatus, a communications...
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7116767 |
Apparatus and method for controlling telephone communications during intervals of high call traffic volume
An apparatus for controlling telephone communications through a communication switch during intervals of call traffic volume in excess of a threshold call traffic volume includes: (a) a call...
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7106847 |
Telecommunication network that provides caller-entered information to a call destination
In a telecommunication network, a switching system routes a call to a service platform. The service platform transfers a prompt message over the call, collects caller-entered information from a...
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7068766 |
Method for preventing overload condition in a circuit switched arrangement
Congestion problems in networks are alleviated with a method that works toward insuring that unused capacity will always exist in elements of a network that are resources which are shared by a...
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7065203 |
Method and system for managing call requests in a limited bandwidth environment
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing call requests in a limited bandwidth environment includes receiving a call request from a user, determining if a voice channel on...
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7050555 |
System and method for managing interconnect carrier routing
A system and method for managing a carrier's interconnect traffic across a telecommunications network, the method involving receiving cost and routing rules from the carrier, gathering performance...
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7050563 |
Call path reduction via correlation of call legs in a hairpin loop scenario
A variety of methods and systems can be used to avoid a hairpin loop scenario. For example, in a system involving a redirecting switch and a service platform switch, correlation between calling...
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7043003 |
Device and method for improving the load distribution in a signaling network
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for improving the load distribution in a signaling network having a large number of signaling nodes (A, B) and a large number of signaling...
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7009939 |
Adaptive resource management in a communication system
Methods and apparatus for allocating a system resource in a communication system having an interconnected set of modules and for which the system resource is allocated among the modules are...
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6978007 |
Communications systems
The communications system has a transmission network for transmitting useful data and control data. Call numbers are input at a subscriber terminal. A subscriber line unit with an adjustable...
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6947547 |
Management system for a telecommunications switch
A management system for telecommunication switch is described. The management system is useful for providing operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) functions in a terabit switch. The...
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6931109 |
Link selection parameter modification for network access selection
A communication network includes a network selection system and an enterprise system that are connected to a PSTN. The network selection system receives a connection request from the enterprise...
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6885743 |
Software circuit switching router using anchor channels
Software defined radios necessitate the routing of analog wireless signals between data links via a software circuit switching router implemented in a processor. Processor utilization by the...
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6842788 |
Computing and using resource colors for composite links
A router can consider two color vectors for a path including multiple links through a network. One color vector indicates colors that all of the multiple links include. Another color vector...
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6829347 |
Constraint based routing
A method of selecting a trail using a Constraint based routing technique in which at least one user-determined routing policy is used to bias input to a Dijkstra/Yen-K shortest path routing engine,...
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6792098 |
Inter-network line level adjustment method and system
An inter-network line level adjustment system includes a switch (SW 1 ) and a processing unit ( 24 ) for identifying calls between a remote telephone network and a local telephone network. Echo...
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6574326 |
Method and system for minimizing transmission of optional parameters in an intelligent network environment
A method and a system for reducing transmission of parameters between a-mobile switching center and a service control point in a telecommunication network such as the Wireless Intelligent Network....
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6535582 |
Voice verification system
A voice verification system ( 1 ) has a verification server layer ( 55 ) providing centralized verification for multiple service providers in geographically spread locations. Each service provider...
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6507648 |
Method and apparatus for prioritizing voice and data in a circuit-switched network
The invention is a novel method of processing incoming and outgoing call requests by a switching unit such as a KSU, PBX or PC server. Each established circuit and each call request is associated...
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6421435 |
SS7 network planning tool
Planning alternative SS7 networks is a complex task requiring assistance from an intelligent planning tool. The tool provides a method for forecasting service loads including automatically...
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6345092 |
Switch and method of seizing outgoing trunk of same
Outgoing trunks of a switch are divided into reserved trunks and non-reserved trunks. A controller seizes reserved trunks equally for calls from subscriber terminals regardless of whether a call is...
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5912628 |
Signal link selection method in exchange system
A signal link selection method between exchange systems having a plurality of signal links of a destination exchange comprises the steps of obtaining a total number of signal links and a total link...
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5838769 |
Method of reducing risk that calls are blocked by egress switch or trunk failures
The instant invention provides a number of approaches in which a virtual homing to overcome outages can be achieved whereby a single terminating destination or an egress node can be formed from...
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5801641 |
Controller for a non-blocking broadcast network
A controller for a nonblocking broadcast switching network comprising an input stage, an output stage, and a middle stage. The input stage has N 1 or n 1 r 1 input ports and r 1 switches, where...
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5787160 |
Intelligent routing of special service calls
The termination availability database (TADB) of the instant invention performs routing decisions in response to call requests received from data access points (DAPs). The TADB takes each of the...
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5787163 |
Intelligent load balancing of special service calls based on availability of terminations
The termination availability database (TADB) of the instant invention performs routing decisions in response to call requests received from data access points (DAPs). The TADB takes each of the...
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5787161 |
Network designer for communication networks
In communication network, the network blocking probability can be efficiently calculated by applying a Gaussian approximation to a fixed point algorithm. Gaussian curves are approximated to...
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5781624 |
Method for sharing network resources by virtual partitioning
A method of operating a network by sharing resources associated with various classes among calls in the various classes according to a state dependent reservation parameter. Nominal amounts of one...
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5764740 |
System and method for optimal logical network capacity dimensioning with broadband traffic
A general dimensioning method and system for allocating limited transmission resources to virtual networks given offered traffic for virtual paths on the virtual networks. The N-layer virtual...
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5727051 |
System and method for adaptive routing on a virtual path broadband network
A general dimensioning method and system for allocating limited transmission resources to virtual paths and virtual networks on a physical network given offered traffic on each virtual path or...
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5703938 |
Method of optimizing access trunk configurations and system therefor
A network access optimization modeling initiative (NAOMI) that enables the operating personnel of a wide area service provider to configure the trunk connections of a telecommunications access...
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5680448 |
Call routing selection method
A deterministic call routing system tests the allocation of an incoming call to each of X locations and selects the appropriate location. Particularly, it simulates allocation of the call to the...
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5675577 |
Internetwork routing using different service categories for establishing alternate route
In an inter-PBX routing apparatus, calls from channels of different service categories to a destination are normally carried by a first route. A controller determines the available bandwidth...
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5664010 |
System and method for providing an improved telecommunications service node
The system and method of the present invention provides an improved service node containing at least one service application, a conversion process and a TCP/IP service circuit handler for...
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5646986 |
Network communication system with global event calendar information and trunk allocation
In a network-based communication system, communication trunks are allocated based on a history of network use and global event calendar information relating to particular regions that the network...
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5539815 |
Network call routing controlled by a management node
A network management node (10) collects trunk loading data and switch congestion data from switches in a telecommunication system. Path loading vectors (52, 56,) constraint vector (66), and switch...
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5537611 |
Network management of special service calls
In a telecommunication network, a DATA ACCESS POINT (DAP) database is used to route traffic between originating calling stations and terminating called stations for special service processing...
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5537469 |
Bandwidth allocation of DPNSS networks
A method for providing dynamic allocation of trunk circuits of different classes of traffic having different bandwidths in a Digital Private Network Signalling System (DPNSS) link between two...
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