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Simplified uniform network provisioning and restoration

  • US 5,353,339 A
  • Filed: 05/20/1992
  • Issued: 10/04/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for use in automatically provisioning communication special services between locations in a network that has predetermined network facilities, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving requirements for a particular customer-specified special service, said customer-specified special service being a dedicated communication capability selected from a plurality of predefined special service types that is provided through said network for the exclusive use of said customer;

    monitoring on an ongoing basis an immediate availability status for each facility in said network and developing in response thereto an inventory that lists facilities of said network that are immediately available to be interconnected to provide special services;

    analyzing said requirements for said particular special service to extract its technical characteristics;

    identifying a set of facilities having said technical characteristics that are to be employed in providing said particular special service from facilities that are listed in said inventory; and

    generating control signals to cause said facilities of said set to be interconnected to provide said particular special service.

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