Patent ID: 8885636
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for designing a dial plan for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems, comprising: generating an abstract dial plan design stored on memory media which is platform independent, the dial plan including rules for routing communications in a VoIP network structure, wherein if a number pattern matches a caller's dialed number, a local directory path is selected, otherwise an external gateway path is selected; generating input information including a calling number, a called number, and starting point information; simulating the dial plan, according to rules and policies for which a call, caller, and callee are subject to, prior to deployment by validating the dial plan design using a validation tool to evaluate the dial plan performance under simulated network conditions that include intra and inter cluster validations and bottlenecks; adjusting the dial plan according to the network conditions; rating the dial plan against other dial plan designs, wherein the rating is based on requirements; translating the dial plan validated under simulated conditions to map routing policies of the dial plan design to platform specific configurations to provide compatibility with a deployed network using platform specific configuration adaptors ; and configuring call routing servers using the platform-specific dial plan configurations.