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Switching system with two-way line managing system

US5046181A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1990
Grant dateSep 3, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q3/0016
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switching system having two-way lines connected between a primary office and an opposite office for communicating through a selected one of the two-way lines, and having a control unit for selecting one of the two-way lkines to be used for communication. To reduce double hunting of a two-way line, the control means comprises an outgoing connection process controlling unit for detecting a release of a two-way line activated by the primary office, an incoming connection process controlling unit for detecting a release of a two-way line activated by the opposite office, and a two-way line managing unit for deciding the priorities for selection of a plurality of two-way lines. The two-way line managing unit provides a different priority for selection to a released two-way line depending on whether the released two-way line had been activated by the primary office or by the opposite office.

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