Patent ID: 6411601
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A system for securing resources for communications transmissions comprising:a resource requirement module configured to determine specified quantities of communications resources requested in a call request for a first call; a resource availability monitor cooperative with said resource requirement module, said resource availability monitor being configured to monitor available levels of at least two said communications resources for which specified quantities are requested in said call request for said first call; a resource reservation mechanism in communication with said resource availability monitor, said resource reservation mechanism being configured to request reservation levels for said communications resources subsequent to a determination that said specified quantities of said communications resources requested in said call request are satisfied by availability levels for said communications resources, said resource reservation mechanism also being configured to reserve a quantity of a first communications resource for a predetermined time interval if at least one of said communications resources for which specified quantities are requested in said call request is unavailable; and a call setup subsystem operatively associated with said resource reservation mechanism and said resource availability monitor, said call setup subsystem being configured to establish said first call at least partially in response to a determination that availability levels for said communications resources have at least equaled said specified quantities of said communications resources.