Method and System for Increasing the Switching Capacity in Telecommunications Networks by Transmission or Activation of Software

• US 20070011286A1
• Filed: 06/08/2004
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Inventors: Daussmann, Frank, Trinkel, Marian, Bindel, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 8,345,708 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/24 with provision for checking the normal operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0091 Congestion or overload control

Abstract

A method and system for running and/or organizing at least one telecommunications network is provided. A software for organizing and/or carrying out the switching of telecommunications connections and/or services is run down by a central server of the telecommunications network. When the switching capacity of the switchboards is not sufficient, the software may be transmitted at least temporarily to at least another server of another selectable telecommunications network and/or is activated in said server at least temporarily. This may be effected in order to increase the transmission capacity.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A method for operating and/or organizing at least one telecommunication network, software for organizing and/or implementing the switching of telecommunication connections and/or services running in a central server of the at least one telecommunication network,

wherein, in the event of insufficient switching capacity of the network-internal switching centers, software is at least intermittently transmitted to at least one additional server of at least one additional selectable telecommunication network, and/or is activated therein at least intermittently, in particular in order to increase the switching capacity.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein software is running on a plurality of servers of different telecommunication networks simultaneously, or software is running only on one server of a selected telecommunication network having sufficient switching capacity.

15. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein, prior to the transmission/activation of software in a telecommunication network, its activity and/or the available switching capacities are/is queried.

16. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the selection of at least one among a plurality of telecommunication networks is implemented according to the available switching capacity and/or according to a quota/priority key.

17. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein for transmission/activation of software, at least one software package is transmitted to at least one telecommunication network, by which software that is specific to the switching center is transmitted or by which software available in the switching center is activated.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein a software package is a program or macro that continually retransmits itself and, in particular, includes a list of network addresses to be triggered.

19. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein a number of software packages that corresponds to the number of the required switching centers is transmitted in order to obtain a required switching capacity, each software package implementing precisely one software transmission/activation, in particular.

20. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein, following a period of time, a de-installation/deactivation of the software in no longer required switching centers is implemented, in particular automatically or by renewed transmission of a software package.

21. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein software implements an automatic notification of at least one group of people of the population, in particular for an alert in dangerous situations, via a fixed network telephone, mobile telephone, the Internet, e-mail, web radio, in particular.

22. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein, at least prior to a transmission, software runs in a server of a certified trust center.

23. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein software for implementing switching operations accesses a portability database having network-spanning network identification codes of persons to be switched/notified, and/or having access to a database of a selected telecommunication network.