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Test system for remotely testing switches within a telecommunications network

US6230006A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 1998
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W24/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for centrally and remotely testing switches of cellular and conventional telecommunications network wherein a controller located at a remote location provides instructions to Remote Call Processor (RCP) to thereby prompt the RCPs to establish a communication link from the RCP through a switch to a destination device whereby audio from said destination device is communicated, by way of the switch and the RCP, to the controller in order to verify that the switch properly routed and billed of the call. The destination device may be a service provided by such network or it may be another RCP.

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