Patent ID: 7995557
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically routing VoIP calls based on network quality measurements, comprising: setting up, by a multimedia media gateway controller, a test call from an originating switch of a local media gateway to a terminating switch of a remote media gateway reachable by a logical trunk group associated with the originating switch of a local media gateway; receiving, by the multimedia media gateway controller, statistical data regarding the test call; tearing down, by the multimedia media gateway controller, the test call; processing, by the multimedia media gateway controller, the statistical data and generating, by the multimedia media gateway controller, measurement results; automatically determining, at the multimedia media gateway controller, a best route for a VoIP call based on the measurement results and routing the VoIP call using the best route; determining, by the multimedia media gateway controller, whether the measurement results indicate congestion on a path in a network; and in response to determining that the measurement results indicate congestion on the path, generating, by the multimedia media gateway controller, an alarm so that the path can be avoided.