Patent ID: 7020129
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing a connection between CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) and a serving switch comprising the steps of: connecting said CPE to a Packet Network; connecting a path between said CPE and said Packet Network to a Home Switch or a Guest Switch connected to said Packet Network, said Home Switch or said Guest Switch for providing originating service to said CPE; selecting said one of said Home Switch or guest Switch on the basis of a packet header address based on information from said CPE; wherein outgoing calls from said CPE are originated from the selected switch and terminated on a terminating switch for serving a called number; further comprising the steps of: disconnecting said CPE from said Packet Network; reconnecting said CPE to said Packet Network at a different port connected to a different switch; and recording in a Location Server which is connected to said Packet Network an identity of said different port and different switch for completing calls to and from said CPE at said different port wherein a Service Administration Terminal is transmitting signals via said Packet Network to said CPE for changing an identity of a switch for serving outgoing calls.