Patent ID: 7359317

Claim:
A system for providing redundancy for telecommunication switches (telecom switches) receiving control signal data from a control network and bearer traffic data from a bearer traffic network, said system comprising: a primary telecom switch, said primary telecom switch having a primary I/O board for transmitting and receiving data, said primary I/O board having communicating relationships through: i) a control signal connection; ii) a bearer traffic connection; and iii) a primary redundancy connection, said primary telecom switch having a primary processing board for processing said data; and a secondary telecom switch, said secondary telecom switch having a secondary I/O board for transmitting and receiving data, said secondary I/O board having communicating relationships through: i) a control signal connection; and ii) a secondary redundancy connection in communicating relationship with said primary redundancy connection, said secondary telecom switch having a secondary processing board for processing said data, wherein said secondary telecom switch assumes the role of said primary telecom switch in the event that said primary processing board becomes unavailable, said secondary telecom switch communicating with said bearer traffic network through said primary and secondary redundancy connections and said primary I/O board instead of said secondary I/O board.