Patent ID: 6757373
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A switching core controller for controlling at least one Digital Cross-connect System (DCS) each having a switching core, the controller comprising:(a) at least one router for determining at least one communication path through at least one DCS in response to signaling information from a signaling network; and (b) at least one resource manager each interfacing with a router of said at least one router for providing instructions for communication path establishment and tear down in the switching core of an DCS of said at least one DCS in response to said signaling information; the switching core controller being capable of executing the following steps: (i) on the condition that the class of an incoming call matches the class of a pre-provisioned communication path at which it arrives the pre-provisioned communication path being in accordance with a prevailing management allocation scheme for passing a particular class of calls of at least two classes of calls through the switching core, passing the incoming call along the pre-provisioned communication path; otherwise (ii) tearing down the pre-provisioned communication path, and replacing it with a new communication path employing the transmission port at which the incoming call arrives and having a class matching that of the incoming call, and tearing down the new communication path at the termination of the call.