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Label switched media gateway and network

  • US 6,778,494 B1
  • Filed: 03/02/2000
  • Issued: 08/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A network arrangement for delivering IP services to subscribers, the arrangement comprising a core network, a plurality of label switched media gateways coupled to the network, each providing an interface for one or more subscriber terminals, a plurality of call servers associated with the network and arranged to establish connections between pairs of said gateways, wherein said connections are routed across the core network via tunnels established therein, said tunnels being exclusively reserved for traffic between the label switched media gateways so as to provide security of that traffic from third party access and to provide a guaranteed quality of service and wherein each said tunnel comprises first and second tunnel portions coupled via a network node therebetween.

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