Telecommunications network architecture enabling local services resale in a legacy network
First Claim
1. A telecommunications network for enabling resale of local services, comprising:
- a distributed switching system owned by an incumbent local exchange carrier and having a call control computing platform coupled to a digital loop carrier, the digital loop carrier being coupled to a plurality of telephone service subscribers of the incumbent local exchange carrier as well as telephone service subscribers of a competitive local exchange carrier;
a local switch owned by an incumbent local exchange carrier being coupled to the digital loop carrier; and
at least one service control point owned by the incumbent local exchange carrier being coupled to the call control computing platform and the local switch, the at least one service control point containing service definitions and logic of services supported by the incumbent local exchange carrier and service definitions and logic of services supported by the competitive local exchange carrier.
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Abstract
A telecommunications network (80, 120, 140) for enabling resale of local services includes a distributed switching system (88) owned by an incumbent local exchange carrier which has a call control computing platform (100) coupled to a digital loop carrier (86), where the digital loop carrier (86) is coupled to a plurality of telephone service subscribers (82) of the incumbent local exchange carrier as well as telephone service subscribers (84) of a competitive local exchange carrier. A local switch (104) owned by an incumbent local exchange carrier is coupled to the digital loop carrier (86). At least one service control point (111, 122) owned by the incumbent local exchange carrier is coupled to the call control computing platform (100) and the local switch (104), where the at least one service control point (111, 122) contains service definitions and logic of services supported by the incumbent local exchange carrier as well as service definitions and logic of services supported by the competitive local exchange carrier.
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18 Claims
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1. A telecommunications network for enabling resale of local services, comprising:
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a distributed switching system owned by an incumbent local exchange carrier and having a call control computing platform coupled to a digital loop carrier, the digital loop carrier being coupled to a plurality of telephone service subscribers of the incumbent local exchange carrier as well as telephone service subscribers of a competitive local exchange carrier; a local switch owned by an incumbent local exchange carrier being coupled to the digital loop carrier; and at least one service control point owned by the incumbent local exchange carrier being coupled to the call control computing platform and the local switch, the at least one service control point containing service definitions and logic of services supported by the incumbent local exchange carrier and service definitions and logic of services supported by the competitive local exchange carrier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A telecommunications network for enabling local service resale, comprising:
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at least one digital loop carrier owned by an incumbent local exchange carrier being coupled to a plurality of telephone service subscribers of the incumbent local exchange carrier and telephone service subscribers of a competitive local exchange carrier; a call control computing platform owned by the incumbent local exchange carrier being coupled to the at least one digital loop carrier, the call control computing platform being adapted to control and manage the operations of the at least one digital loop carrier; an intelligent peripheral owned by the incumbent local exchange carrier being coupled to the call control computing platform and the at least one digital loop carrier and being adapted to provide tone and announcement and digit collection functions; a local switch being coupled to the at least one digital loop carrier; a first service control point being coupled to the call control computing platform and the local switch, and containing service definitions and logic of services supported by the incumbent local exchange carrier; and a second service control point being coupled to the call control computing platform and the local switch, and containing service definitions and logic of services supported by the competitive local exchange carrier. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for enabling the resale of local services, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring for line events occurring on a first plurality of incumbent local exchange carrier subscriber lines coupled to a digital loop carrier; monitoring for line events occurring on a second plurality of competitive local exchange carrier subscriber lines coupled to the digital loop carrier; provide dial tone and collect dialed digits for a call on one of the plurality of subscriber lines in response to an off-hook event thereon; determining whether the call originated from an incumbent local exchange carrier subscriber or a competitive local exchange carrier subscriber; processing and routing the call according to the incumbent local exchange carrier'"'"'s service definition and logic in response to the call originating from an incumbent local exchange carrier subscriber; and processing and routing the call according to the competitive local exchange carrier'"'"'s service definition and logic in response to the call originating from a competitive local exchange carrier subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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