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Service circuit allocation in large networks

  • US 5,440,563 A
  • Filed: 10/12/1993
  • Issued: 08/08/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a regional telecommunications network, apparatus for associating members of a common pool of service circuits to a call served by any of a plurality of switching systems of said regional network, comprising:

  • plurality of service circuits, in said common pool, each connectable to at least two of said plurality of switching systems; and

    a regional control node for selecting any of said plurality of service circuits and for controlling a connection of a selected service circuit to a call on any of said switching systems of said regional telecommunications network;

    wherein said regional control node selects said any service circuit using a topology manager to minimize resource use for connecting the selected service circuit to said call.

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