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Architecture for allocating resources in a telecommunications network

  • US 4,748,658 A
  • Filed: 07/16/1986
  • Issued: 05/31/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An information communications system comprising;

  • a network including a plurality of switching nodes and a plurality of communications paths arranged in groups and interconnecting the switching nodes, andmeans in communication with said network for allocating routes in said network between particular switching nodes, said means maintaining a database containing a complete representation of the current number of busy communications paths in each group in said network and making available the contents of said database for all of said switching nodes, said means being adapted to receive route set-up requests from said network and to utilize said database to allocate preferred routes between particular pairs of said switching nodes, wherein said means comprises a ring-like network to circulate the contents of said database and wherein said ring-like network comprises a plurality of access points interspersed in the ring-like network, each access point comprising a processor.

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