Assistant server and path connection control method for service provider's network
First Claim
1. A communication path control method in a communication network comprising a communication equipment connected to a plurality of telecommunication companies'"'"' networks, a network controller connected to said communication equipment, and a server for supplying network control information to said network controller, said network controller supplying communication path control information generated on the basis of said network control at information to said communication equipment, comprising the steps of:
- storing information entries each indicative of definition of communication services provided by each of said telecommunication companies'"'"' networks into said server;
issuing a communication service request, in which specifications of a communication path to be assured for a user terminal connected to said communication equipment are designated, from the user terminal to said server;
retrieving an information entry of the communication service definition matched with said communication service request and notifying said user terminal of a search result by said server; and
transmitting network control information generated on the basis of said communication service request and retrieved communication service definition from said server to said network controller in response to a notification of agreement from said user terminal to said search result.
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Abstract
In a communication network having a communication node connected to a plurality of service providers'"'"' networks, a network controller connected to the communication node, and a server for supplying network control information to the network controller, the server stores definition information of communication services provided by the service providers. When a service request specifying a communication path to be assured is received from the user terminal, the server retrieves communication service definition information matched with the service request and notifies the search result to the user terminal. In response to a notification of agreement from the user terminal, the server transmits network control information for setting a communication path to the network controller and the network controller supplies communication path control information generated on the basis of the network control information to the communication node.
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14 Claims
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1. A communication path control method in a communication network comprising a communication equipment connected to a plurality of telecommunication companies'"'"' networks, a network controller connected to said communication equipment, and a server for supplying network control information to said network controller, said network controller supplying communication path control information generated on the basis of said network control at information to said communication equipment, comprising the steps of:
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storing information entries each indicative of definition of communication services provided by each of said telecommunication companies'"'"' networks into said server;
issuing a communication service request, in which specifications of a communication path to be assured for a user terminal connected to said communication equipment are designated, from the user terminal to said server;
retrieving an information entry of the communication service definition matched with said communication service request and notifying said user terminal of a search result by said server; and
transmitting network control information generated on the basis of said communication service request and retrieved communication service definition from said server to said network controller in response to a notification of agreement from said user terminal to said search result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication service request processing method for a communication network including a communication equipment connected to a plurality of telecommunication companies'"'"' networks and a network controller connected to said communication equipment, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting information indicative of definition of communication service from a management terminal of each telecommunication company'"'"'s network to an assistant server connected to said network controller;
storing communication service definition information received from said management terminal as a supply information entry by said assistant server;
issuing a communication service request, in which specifications of a communication path to be assured for a user terminal connected to said communication equipment are designated, from the user terminal to said assistant server;
retrieving an information entry of the communication service definition matched with said communication service request and notifying said user terminal of a search result by said assistant server;
after receiving a notification of agreement from said user terminal to said search result, transmitting network control information for establishing a communication path designated by said communication service request from said assistant server to said network controller; and
supplying communication path control information generated on the basis of said network control information from said network controller to said communication equipment. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A server for performing communication with a user terminal via a communication network and supplying network control information to a network controller for controlling a communication node connected to both said user terminal and a plurality of telecommunication companies'"'"' networks, comprising:
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memory means for storing information entries indicative of definition of communication service provided by each of said telecommunication companies'"'"' networks;
first means for receiving a communication service request in which specifications of a communication path to be assured for a user terminal are designated, from the user terminal, searching said memory means for an information entry of communication service definition matched with said communication service request, and notifying said user terminal of a search result; and
second means for transmitting network control information generated on the basis of said communication service request and the retrieved communication service definition to said network controller in response to a notification of agreement from said user terminal to said search result, wherein said network controller instructs said communication node, in response to network control information received from said server, to establish a communication path so that transmission packets from said user terminal are transferred to a telecommunication company'"'"'s network which provides communication service definition matched with said communication service request. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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