IP telephone system and telephone exchange

• US 20080080366A1
• Filed: 05/31/2007
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ebisawa, Yoshimitsu
• Application Number:
  US11/806,385
• Publication Number:
  US 20080080366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/28 using route fault recovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0084 Network monitoring; Error detection; Error recovery; Network testing

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an IP telephone system that enables a first telephone terminal and a second telephone terminal to communicate with each other using an internet protocol, includes: a detection unit that, when the first and second telephone terminals communicate with each other through a first communication route, detects a communication fault in a communication between the first and second telephone terminals; and a controller that switches a communication route from the first communication route to a second communication route different from the first communication route.

Claims

1. An IP telephone system that enables a first telephone terminal and a second telephone terminal to communicate with each other using an internet protocol, the IP telephone system comprising:

a detection unit that, when the first and second telephone terminals communicate with each other through a first communication route, detects a communication fault in a communication between the first and second telephone terminals; and

a controller that switches a communication route from the first communication route to a second communication route different from the first communication route.

2. The IP telephone system according to claim 1,

wherein the first telephone terminal is connected to a first IP network among a plurality of IP networks that are connected one another through a plurality of connection units,

wherein the second telephone terminal is connected to a second IP network among the plurality of IP networks,

wherein the first communication route includes a part of the IP networks and a part of the connection units connecting the part of the IP networks, and

wherein the second communication route includes other part of the IP networks and other part of the connection units.

3. The IP telephone system according to claim 1, further comprising a telephone exchange to which the first and second telephone terminals are connected and that connected to an IP network, and includes a plurality of interface units,

wherein a telephone terminal connected to the IP network and either a telephone terminal connected to the IP network or a telephone terminal connected to the telephone exchange communicate with each other through at least a part of the interface units,

wherein the first communication route includes one of the interface units, and

wherein the second communication route includes another one of the interface units different from the one of the interface units.

4. The IP telephone system according to claim 3,

wherein the second telephone terminal is connected to the IP network.

5. The IP telephone system according to claim 3,

wherein both the first and second telephone terminals are connected to the IP network.

6. The IP telephone system according to claim 3,

wherein the telephone exchange includes first and second telephone exchanges,

wherein the first and second telephone terminals are connected to the IP network,

wherein the one of the interface units is included in the first telephone exchange, and

wherein the another one of the interface units is included in the second telephone exchange.

7. The IP telephone system according to claim 3,

wherein the detection unit and the controller are provided in a server connected to the IP network.

8. The IP telephone system according to claim 1,

wherein the first telephone terminal is connected to a first telephone exchange to which a second telephone exchange is connected by a private line, the first and second telephone exchanges being connected to an IP network,

wherein the second telephone terminal is connected to the IP network,

wherein the first communication route includes the first telephone exchange, and

wherein the second communication route includes the second telephone exchange and the private line.

9. A telephone exchange to which a plurality of telephone terminals are connectable and that includes a plurality of interface units through which the telephone terminals are capable of communicating with an IP network by registering a first management table stored in a registration server connected to the IP network, the first management table associating connection IDs identifying the interface units and line IDs identifying a plurality of lines on the IP network, the telephone exchange comprising:

a detection unit that detects a communication fault in a communication through each of the interface units including first and second interface units; and

a controller that, when the detection unit detects a communication fault in a communication through the first interface unit, generates a second management table that associates a line ID associated with a connection ID for the first interface unit in the first management table, with a second connection ID for the second interface unit and updates the first management table to the second management table.

10. A telephone exchange to which a plurality of telephone terminals are connectable and that includes a plurality of interface units through which the telephone terminals are capable of communicating with an IP network by registering a first management table stored in a registration server connected to the IP network, the first management table associating connection IDs identifying the interface units and line IDs identifying a plurality of lines on the IP network, the telephone exchange comprising:

a detection unit that detects a communication fault in a communication through each of the interface units including first and second interface units; and

a controller that, when the detection unit detects a communication fault in a communication through the first interface unit, assigns a connection ID for the first interface unit to a connection ID for the second interface unit, and controls the second interface unit to notify the assigned connection ID to the IP network.

11. The telephone exchange according to claim 10,

wherein the second interface unit is for standby use, and

wherein the controller includes a notifying unit that controls the second interface unit to notify the assigned connection ID to the IP network.

12. An IP telephone system wherein a plurality of telephone terminals are connected to a plurality of telephone exchanges that are connectable to an IP network, the telephone exchanges including first and second telephone exchanges connected with each other by a private line and the telephone terminals are capable of communicating with an IP network through a plurality of interface units using a first management table stored in a registration server connected to the IP network, the first management table associating connection IDs identifying the interface units and line IDs identifying a plurality of lines on the IP network, the IP telephone system comprising:

a detection unit that detects a communication fault in a communication through each of the interface units including first and second interface units provided in the first and second telephone exchanges, respectively; and

a controller that when the detection units detects a communication fault in a communication through the first interface unit in the first telephone exchange, generates a second management table that assigns a line ID associated with a connection ID for the first interface unit in the first management table, to a second connection ID for the second interface unit in the second telephone exchange, and updates the first management table to the second management table.