Implementation of additional functions for user connections having individually configured performance criteria
First Claim
1. A communication arrangement for implementing additional functions for subscriber lines which have respectively configured subscriber service features and are physically assigned to interconnected switching devices, comprising:
- at least two switching devices having an assignment device for assigning at least some of the subscriber lines to at least one group, wherein one of the switching devices has a control device for controlling group-individual service features and/or group-individual characteristics which can be assigned to the group,the assignment device is configured such that, in the switching device controlling the group, the subscriber lines not physically assigned to the controlling switching device are assigned to the group as virtual subscriber lines,the assignment device is configured such that communication relationships from and to the subscriber lines which are not physically assigned to the switching device controlling the group are switched in the telecommunication sense by the switching device controlling the group,the control device is configured such that, depending on the communication relationships switched via the controlling switching device, corresponding items of state information representing the current switching and/or operational state of the virtual subscriber lines are derived and stored in the switching device controlling the group, andthe group-individual service features and/or characteristics assigned to the virtual subscriber lines are controlled depending on the respectively currently stored state information.
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Abstract
At least one part of at least two user connections (TA1 . . . 6) having configured performance criteria and being allocated to at least two network devices (LE1 . . . 3) is assigned to at least one group (NWHG), to which group-specific performance criteria and/or characteristics (PDN, HUNT) can be allocated. The group (NWHG) is controlled by one of the network devices (LE1), whereby the user connections (TA1, 3, 4, 6) which have not been physically allocated to this network device (LE1) are allocated to said device as virtual user connections.
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1. A communication arrangement for implementing additional functions for subscriber lines which have respectively configured subscriber service features and are physically assigned to interconnected switching devices, comprising:
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at least two switching devices having an assignment device for assigning at least some of the subscriber lines to at least one group, wherein one of the switching devices has a control device for controlling group-individual service features and/or group-individual characteristics which can be assigned to the group, the assignment device is configured such that, in the switching device controlling the group, the subscriber lines not physically assigned to the controlling switching device are assigned to the group as virtual subscriber lines, the assignment device is configured such that communication relationships from and to the subscriber lines which are not physically assigned to the switching device controlling the group are switched in the telecommunication sense by the switching device controlling the group, the control device is configured such that, depending on the communication relationships switched via the controlling switching device, corresponding items of state information representing the current switching and/or operational state of the virtual subscriber lines are derived and stored in the switching device controlling the group, and the group-individual service features and/or characteristics assigned to the virtual subscriber lines are controlled depending on the respectively currently stored state information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A process for realization of additional functions for subscriber connections, each of which has configured subscriber performance features and which are physically assigned interconnected exchange devices, comprising:
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assigning at least a subset of the subscriber connections of at least two exchange devices at least to one group; assigning to the at least one group, group-individual performance features and/or group-individual characteristics; controlling the performance features and/or characteristics assigned to the group by one of the exchange devices, and assigning, in the exchange device controlling the group, the subscriber connections of the group which are not physically assigned to the exchange device, as virtual subscriber connections, or administering the exchange devices such that communication connections from and to the subscriber connections which are not physically assigned to the exchange device controlling the group are switched via the exchange device controlling the group; deriving, in the exchange device controlling the group, as a function of the communications connections switched via the controlling exchange device, status information representing the current status of the virtual subscriber connections and storing it in the exchange device controlling the group; and controlling group-individual performance features and/or group-individual characteristics assigned to the subscriber connections as a function of the status information currently stored for each. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A process for realization of functions for subscriber connections, each of which has configured subscriber performance features and which are physically assigned interconnected exchange devices, comprising:
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assigning at least a subset of the subscriber connections of at least two exchange devices at least to one group; assigning the at least one group, group-individual performance features and/or group-individual characteristics; controlling the performance features and/or characteristics assigned to the group by one of the exchange devices; assigning, in the exchange device controlling the group, the subscriber connections of the group which are not assigned to this exchange device as virtual subscriber connections, wherein the exchange devices are administered such that the current statuses, from the standpoint of exchange technology and/or operations technology, of the subscriber connections which are not physically assigned to the exchange device controlling the group are transmitted to the exchange device controlling the group, or each change of the statuses of the subscriber connections which are not physically assigned to the exchange device controlling the group are transmitted to the exchange device controlling the group; deriving and storing, in the exchange device controlling the group, as a function of the transmitted information, corresponding status information representing the current status of the virtual subscriber connections; and controlling the group-individual performance features and/or group-individual characteristics assigned to the subscriber connections as a function of the status information currently stored for each. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A communication arrangement for realization of functions for subscriber connections, each of which has configured subscriber performance features and which are physically assigned interconnected exchange devices, comprising:
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an assigner to assign at least a subset of the subscriber connections of at least two exchange devices at least to one group, and to assign the at least one group, group-individual performance features and/or group-individual characteristics; a controller to control the performance features and/or characteristics assigned to the group by one of the exchange devices; a second assigner to assign, in the exchange device controlling the group, the subscriber connections of the group which are not assigned to the exchange device as virtual subscriber connections, wherein the exchange devices are administered such that the current statuses, from the standpoint of exchange technology and/or operations technology, of the subscriber connections which are not physically assigned to the exchange device controlling the group are transmitted to the exchange device controlling the group, or each change of the statuses of the subscriber connections which are not physically assigned to the exchange device controlling the group are transmitted to the exchange device controlling the group; a storage unit to derive and store, in the exchange device controlling the group, as a function of the transmitted information, corresponding status information representing the current status of the virtual subscriber connections; and a second controller to control the group-individual performance features and/or group-individual characteristics assigned to the subscriber connections as a function of the status information currently stored for each. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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