COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH LINE-AND PACKET-SWITCHING CONTROL

• US 20110026515A1
• Filed: 08/22/2007
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile International AG (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile International AG (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Demel, Sabine, Jacobsohn, Dieter, Nenner, Karl-Heinz
• Granted Patent: US 8,144,578 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0045 involving hybrid, i.e. a mixture of public and private, or multi-vendor systems

Abstract

The invention relates to a common communication network with line- and packet-switching control, with telecommunication services such as call-forwarding being carried out by mean of a link between a control device and a communication network. The invention is characterized in that at least partially synchronized control (19) is provided for both the line switching (2) and the packet switching part (1) of the communication system, and carries out the telecommunication services.

Claims

1. A communication network with line-switching and packet-switching control, with telecommunication services, such as call forwarding, being carried out by linking a control device to a communication network, with at least partially synchronized control provided for use with both the line-switching and the packet-switching part a communication system that carry out telecommunication services, characterized in that the synchronized control carries out identical services in both the packet-switching and the line-switching part of the communication network, unchanged for the user.

2. A method for operating a communication network as defined in claim 1, characterized in that it performs the telecommunication services in a transport network independent manner.

3. A method for operating a communication network as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the synchronized control forms any desired combination of services, such as, for example, the transmission of voice, text and/or image between line-switching and packet-switching services.