Platform-independent DNT intelligent network
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1. A data packet network, comprising:
- at least a first IP Router and a second IP Router connected in the data-packet network;
a first monitoring-and-control server connected by a first data link to the first IP Router;
a second monitoring-and-control server connected by a second data link to the second IP Router; and
a third data link directly connecting the first and the second monitoring-and-control servers to one another;
wherein each monitoring-and-control server monitors and controls the IP Router to which it is directly connected, and wherein the first and second monitoring-and-control servers share data over the third data link such that the operations of each of the first and second IP Routers in the network are standardized.
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Abstract
A packet-data network comprising interconnected IP Routers of various manufacture has monitoring-and-control servers directly connected to plural IP Routers and executing common software providing functions for the IP Routers. The monitoring-and-control servers are interconnected independently of the data-packet network, and share status and control information between IP Routers. Functionality of IP Routers in the network is thus standardized. In special cases the servers are telephony servers running applications providing DNT telephony functions to the IP Routers, and the functions of the IP Routers in the network is rendered platform-independent.
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8 Claims
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1. A data packet network, comprising:
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at least a first IP Router and a second IP Router connected in the data-packet network;
a first monitoring-and-control server connected by a first data link to the first IP Router;
a second monitoring-and-control server connected by a second data link to the second IP Router; and
a third data link directly connecting the first and the second monitoring-and-control servers to one another;
wherein each monitoring-and-control server monitors and controls the IP Router to which it is directly connected, and wherein the first and second monitoring-and-control servers share data over the third data link such that the operations of each of the first and second IP Routers in the network are standardized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for standardizing operation of two or more IP Routers in a data-packet network, comprising steps of:
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(a) connecting monitoring-and-control servers to each of the IP Routers; and
(b) interconnecting the monitoring-and-control servers independently of the function of the IP Routers;
(c) standardizing the functionality of each connected IP Router by execution of common applications on the monitoring-and-control Servers. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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