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Telecommunications system architecture for connecting a call

US6563918B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1998
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q3/0045
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An architecture for connecting a call comprises a call processor, a signaling interface, a call process control system (CPCS), and an interworking unit. The signaling interface receives, transmits, and processes call signaling so that call signaling is received into, or transported from, the architecture through the signaling interface. The call processor processes the call signaling to select connections for calls. The CPCS receives data fills from translations, processes the data to be in a format compatible with the call processor, and fills the data into tables in the call processor. The CPCS also interfaces through the signaling processor with other systems, such as accounting systems and operations centers. The interworking unit interworks user communications between time division multiplex and asynchronous transfer mode connections and between time division multiplex connections and other time division multiplex connections.

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