Abstract:
Communication connection control systems and methods are disclosed. If a control failure recovery function is to be enabled for a data communication connection established by a communication connection controller by communicating control information with a remote controller, an indication that the control failure recovery function is supported at the controller is included in the control information communicated with the remote controller. Each of the controller and the remote controller may support, for example, either or both of a local control information recovery function or a resynchronization function to reduce the amount of time that the data connection is interrupted during a temporary failure of one of the controllers.
Abstract:
A technique for implementing a virtual private optical switched transport network using virtual private optical cross-connect technology is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized by a method comprising the steps of partitioning a network into a plurality of partitions; assigning each partition to a customer; and exclusively controlling the partition assigned to each customer for establishing a private switched network by allowing each customer to exclusively control each respectively assigned partition, wherein each partition comprises at least one virtual private optical cross connect for virtualizing at least one resource.
Abstract:
A technique for implementing an optical virtual private network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized by a method comprising the steps of managing at least one client edge-virtual private network (460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470) at a client edge (430, 432, 434) by a service provider; and supporting a set of client edge-users at each client edge-virtual private network at each client edge wherein each client edge provides at least one virtual private network service to each client edge-user; wherein each client edge determines connectivity associated with each client edge-user and the service provider establishes the connectivity determined by each client edge.
Abstract:
An ATM connection (45) and call connection equipment (22) can be dynamically allocated between exchanges (20, 30). The connection is set up and released by a master switch (20) on one side of the connection. The slave (30) is controlled using standard signaling protocols and the physical connections (45) between the interworking units (40, 50) use circuit emulation according to AAL1. The master (20) controls the ATM connection (45) with standard signaling and the slave (30) with normal trunk signaling. The ATM connection (45) and connection (26) can be set up between the nodes (40, 50) when needed based on the traffic needs of the network (10).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an arrangement and to a method for choosing a route in a hierarchical transmission system that includes a plurality of interconnected nodes. The invention comprises the steps of: generating so-called local routing tables in which routes between nodes on the same hierarchical level are saved; generating so-called global routing tables in which routes between nodes on different hierarchical levels are saved; and choosing a route in said routing tables in response to a request for a connection between a so-called source node and a so-called destination node.
Abstract:
Methods and devices for managing traffic are described. Traffic from a source in a virtual private network (VPN) is received. The traffic is directed to a virtual interface that is designated to receive traffic from the VPN. The virtual interface is configured to associate the traffic with an identifier that uniquely identifies the VPN to a session border controller (SBC). The SBC can use the identifier to determine whether the source and the destination of the traffic are i the same VPN.
Abstract:
Methods and a system for connecting a call across a network of network elements as a path for the call is being set up are provided. The call comprises a parameter for which a value must be assigned for each segment of the path between adjacent network elements. At least one network element supports multiple values for the parameter. A network element on the communication path receives an indicator that indicates that network elements along the path of the call are required to use a predetermined value for the parameter. A connection is established to an adjacent network element on the path using the predetermined value for the parameter, prior to setting up a next segment of the path.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for scheduling message processing. The present invention provides a scheduling mechanism, or scheduler (602), that receives messages (608) and stores the messages (610 or 614) in a first queue (604) or a second queue (606) based, in part, on various criteria associated with the messages. The criteria include message attributes, such as message priority, virtual private network ("VPN") classification and destination software function. The first queue (604) can be a first-in-first-out queue, and the to second queue (606) can be a multi-dimensional queue. The scheduler (602) then schedules the queued messages (612 or 616) for processing based, in part, on various operating criteria (618), such as historical operating data, current operating data and anti-starvation criteria. In addition, the scheduler (602) can be programmed to function in a variety of operating modes.
Abstract:
An improvement to the Private Network Access Point (PNAP) packet switched network described in U.S. Patent No. 6,009,081, where two customers (1, 2) connected to the same PNAP (20) will exchange traffic through the PNAP (20) without transiting over the backbones of the Internet (22). In addition, a multi-homed customer connected to the PNAP is provided with access to the PNAP optimized routing table so that the customer will also have the ability to know the best route for a particular destination. In this way, if a multi-homed customer connected to the PNAP is directly connected to a particular NSP to which a destination is also connected, the PNAP customer can use the PNAP information regarding the NSP to send the information to the destination through that commonly connected to NSP in the most direct fashion.
Abstract:
A method for bundling messages for transmission in a telecommunications network includes receiving a first message and a disparate second message. The first and second messages are inserted into a shared packet and transmitted over the telecommunications network in the shared packet.