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Network planning traffic measurement program

  • US 6,282,267 B1
  • Filed: 03/26/1998
  • Issued: 08/28/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a switched telecommunications network having end office switching systems controlled by a common channel signaling system connected by links to the end office switching systems and to paired signal transfer points, the method comprising:

  • identifying an end office switching system observed to have encountered congestion;

    monitoring the links between the signal transfer points and the identified switching system;

    trapping all common channel signaling between the signal transfer points and the identified switching system for a time period;

    processing the trapped signaling to form call detail records;

    processing the call detail records to determine which numbers served by the identified switching system received the most calls within the time period; and

    calling the identified numbers and determine which numbers serve modems.

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