Method and system for increasing the switching capacity in telecommunications networks by transmission or activation of software

• US 8,345,708 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2004
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Inventors: Trinkel, Marian, Bindel, Frank, Daussmann, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Rinehart, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): BROCKMAN, ANGEL T
• Application Number:
  US10/563,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20070011286A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,129 Days
• Field of Search: 370/229, 709/224
• US Class Current: 370/465
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/24 with provision for checking the normal operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0091 Congestion or overload control

Abstract

A method and system for running and/or organizing at least one telecommunications network is provided. A software for organizing and/or carrying out the switching of telecommunications connections and/or services is run down by a central server of the telecommunications network. When the switching capacity of the switchboards is not sufficient, the software may be transmitted at least temporarily to at least another server of another selectable telecommunications network and/or is activated in said server at least temporarily. This may be effected in order to increase the transmission capacity.

Claims

1. A method for at least one of operating and organizing at least one telecommunication network, comprising:

providing software for at least one of organizing and implementing at least one of a switching of telecommunication connections and services running in a central server of the at least one telecommunication network, in the event of insufficient switching of the network-internal switching centers, at least one of transmitting intermittently software to at least one additional server of at least one additional selectable telecommunication network and activating software therein at least intermittently in order to increase the switching capacity,

wherein the event of insufficient switching capacity is observed with respect to at least one of time and duration;

wherein for transmission/activation of software, at least one software package is transmitted to at least one telecommunication network, by which software that is specific to the switching center is transmitted or by which software available in the switching center is activated;

wherein a number of software packages that corresponds to the number of the required switching centers is transmitted in order to obtain a required switching capacity, each software package implementing precisely one software transmission/activation, in particular.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein one of software is running on a plurality of servers of different telecommunication networks simultaneously and software is running only on one server of a selected telecommunication network having sufficient switching capacity.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein, prior to the transmission/activation of software in a telecommunication network, its activity and/or the available switching capacities are/is queried.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the selection of at least one among a plurality of telecommunication networks is implemented according to the available switching capacity and according to a quota/priority key.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a software package is a program or macro that continually retransmits copies of its own data and, in particular, includes a list of network addresses to be triggered.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein, following a period of time, a de-installation/deactivation of the software in no longer required switching centers is implemented, in particular automatically or by renewed transmission of a software package.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein software implements an automatic notification of at least one group of people of the population, in particular for an alert in dangerous situations, via a fixed network telephone, mobile telephone, the Internet, e-mail, web radio, in particular.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein, at least prior to a transmission, software runs in a server of a certified trust center.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein software for implementing switching operations accesses a portability database having network-spanning

network identification codes of persons to be switched/notified, and/or having access to a database of a selected telecommunication network.

10. A system, for a telecommunications network having a server on which software for implementing and/or organizing switching operations is running,

wherein, in the event of insufficient switching capacity of the switching centers of the own network, the software is transmittable, at least intermittently, to at least one additional server of at least one additional selectable telecommunication network, or software available on such a server is activatable at least intermittently to increase the switching capacity.