Telecommunications network system and method
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1. A telecommunication network system comprising:
- a plurality of feature modules;
a plurality of interface modules, each of which is associated with an external line or trunk;
communication channels connecting the modules;
means for dynamically assembling the feature modules in a graph that connects interface modules that are participating in a communication usage such that the assembled feature modules implement features for the communication usage.
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Abstract
A telecommunications network system and method is presented incorporating a distributed feature composition (DFC) architecture, offering new technology for feature specification and composition. In the network architecture of the invention, customer calls are processed by dynamically assembled configurations of filter-like components: each component implements an applicable feature, and communicates with its neighbors by featureless internal calls that are connected by the underlying architectural substrate. Features are coherently accumulated, and the problem of feature interaction is rendered much more tractable.
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1. A telecommunication network system comprising:
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a plurality of feature modules;
a plurality of interface modules, each of which is associated with an external line or trunk;
communication channels connecting the modules;
means for dynamically assembling the feature modules in a graph that connects interface modules that are participating in a communication usage such that the assembled feature modules implement features for the communication usage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for operating a telecommunication network system, which includes a distributed feature system comprising a plurality of interface modules and feature modules, and comprising the steps of:
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receiving a setup request for a communication channel from a first module;
identifying based on information in the setup request a second module to be connected to the first module by the communication channel; and
creating a communication channel connecting the first and second modules. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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