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Communication network control method and apparatus

  • US 6,084,955 A
  • Filed: 10/11/1996
  • Issued: 07/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for controlling acceptance of a call from a first network node to a second network node over a transmission path between the nodes, said apparatus comprising:

  • memory for holding a database of activity distributions for particular classes of calls;

    means for classifying the call;

    means for selecting from the database a distribution appropriate to that class;

    means for determining a current load on the transmission path due to calls of that class;

    means for generating a posterior activity distribution from the selected distribution and current load; and

    means to reject or accept the call on the basis of the posterior distribution.

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