Patent ID: 8619596
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for centrally controlling packet network communications, said system comprising: an input/output (I/O) unit configured to communicate data packets over a first packet network, the first packet network owned by a first communications carrier; a processing unit in communication with said I/O unit and configured to execute instructions to communicate with network communications devices on the first packet network; said processing unit configured to execute instructions to: receive and store in memory network performance information associated with the first packet network; initiate routines on network communications devices on a second packet network owned by a second communications carrier in which the data packets traverse for determining network performance information associated with the second packet network; store the network performance information associated with the second packet network; compare the network performance information to a plurality of operational status ranges for determining an operational status of a network node of at least one of the first packet network and second packet network, wherein a first operational status range indicates operation of the node segment is normal, a second operational status range indicates operation of the node segment as impaired, and a third operational status range indicates operation of the node segment as congested; and control network communications of the data packets over node segments of the first packet network and the second packet network based on the network performance information stored in the memory; said processing unit further configured to execute instructions to: determine origination and destination end-points for a call in response to receiving a request for the call to be set up; determine a first set of node segments between the origination and destination end-points over which the call could to be communicated; determine operational status of the first set of node segments by accessing the network performance information associated with the node segments in the first set of node segments; and in response to a determination that the operation status of the first set of node segments are determined to be operational, initiate the call between the end-points over the first set of node segments, otherwise determine a second set of node segments between the origination and destination end-points over which the call could be communicated that are operational and initiate the call between the origination and destination end-points and over the second set of node segments.