EP 0868801 A1 19981007 - ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A FLEXIBLE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Title (en)
ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A FLEXIBLE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Title (de)
ARCHITEKTUR UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERWALTUNG EINES FLEXIBLEN KOMMUNIKATIONSNETZWERKES
Title (fr)
ARCHITECTURE ET PROCEDE UTILISES POUR GERER UN RESEAU DE COMMUNICATION A STRUCTURE SOUPLE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9719223 W 19971023
- US 73554296 A 19961023
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9818235A1] The present invention discloses an architecture and method for establishing one or more variable bandwidth communications channels that provides telecommunication customers with immediate setup of an arbitrary bandwidth connection upon demand. A centrally disposed access server (40) controls all of the switches (19) that form the traffic-bearing network (15) and forms a single portal through which all connection requests are made. Requests from users (12) and network applications are interpreted, validated, translated, and seamlessly delivered to the DXCs by the access server (40). The access server (40) comprises a packet switched data network (42), a processor (44), and several workstations (46, 48) for performing a plurality of customer and network related functions. The access server (40) functions as an intermediatory between a traffic-bearing network (15) and one or more network subsystems (20, 25) which are responsible for allocating the connection based on the customer's request.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04Q 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04Q 3/0062 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/13349 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9818235A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9818235 A1 19980430; AU 4917097 A 19980515; CA 2243668 A1 19980430; CA 2243668 C 20020813; EP 0868801 A1 19981007
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9719223 W 19971023; AU 4917097 A 19971023; CA 2243668 A 19971023; EP 97911903 A 19971023