Patent ID: 6510218
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A method for directional distribution of allocation of a two-way alternate line bundle in a network between first and second computer-controlled exchange facilities operated in the two-way alternate mode, the first and second exchange facilities being capable, independently of one another, of accessing and occupying free lines of the line bundle, the method comprising:entering into the first and second exchange facilities a respective predetermined outgoing and incoming traffic division ratio for the two-way alternate line bundle, the respective predetermined division ratio being a function of the normal traffic flow in outgoing and incoming directions; continuously and dynamically monitoring an allocation and direction of allocation of each line of the line bundle using each of the first and second exchange facilities; comparing the respective predetermined division ratio at one of the first and second exchange facilities to an instantaneous division ratio between outgoing and incoming allocated lines at the one exchange facility; and switching through a connection pending at the one exchange facility when the instantaneous division ratio is smaller than the respective predetermined division ratio, and at the same time correcting the instantaneous division ratio toward the predetermined division ratio.