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Overload prevention in an intelligent network

US6870922B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 5, 1999
Grant dateMar 22, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q3/0029
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a telecommunications network which comprises an Intelligent Network (IN), Call-Gapping is implemented in a call control function (CCF), so that calls are selectively discarded automatically in order to reduce the load on the IN. As the CCF is the point at which an incoming call is first recognized as an IN call, this arrangement reduces processing resources consumed by discarded calls and also provides for a faster IN call rejection response.

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