Patent ID: 6044065
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A network and connection handling architecture for forming a telecommunication network that uses a number of different switching technologies, each of the switching technologies being supported by a common platform on which different telecommunication applications can run, and for establishing connections in the telecommunication network, the network and connection handling architecture comprisinga resource model having a network layer, a node layer, and a component layer, wherein each layer includes resource objects used by each of the switching technologies, the resource objects of the network layer are encapsulated to the applications, the resource objects of the node layer are encapsulated to the resource objects of the network layer, and the resource objects of the component layer are encapsulated to the resource objects of the node layer; andconnection handling means for setting up connections in the telecommunication network, wherein the connection handling means has a network layer component, a node layer component, and a component layer component that correspond to the layers of the resource model;wherein the network layer component operates on resource objects of the network layer, the node layer component operates on resource objects of the node layer, and the component layer component operates on resource objects of the component layer.