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Channel reallocation method and device

US7453890B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateJun 28, 2002
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W92/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a communication system comprising a gateway node between a communication network 1 and a circuit-switched communication network 2 via a plurality of circuit-switched channels ch 1, . . . , chn associated with the gateway node and comprising at least two control entities to which respective groups of said channels ch 1, . . . ,chn are allocated, a method and system for reallocating the channels among the control entities, comprising an automatic monitoring of one or more sources 31, 41, 51 of communication performance information, and on the basis of data received from the sources, automatically determining whether a reallocation triggering condition is met, and if the reallocation triggering condition is met, automatically calculating a reallocation of the circuit-switched channels among the control entities.

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