Packet data network voice call quality monitoring
First Claim
1. A method of controlling voice communication between calling and called telephone stations each connected through a respective switch to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) region and remotely located from each-other, comprising the steps of:
- routing a voice call between said calling and called stations in digital packet format through a path of a packet data network;
changing the route of said call from said packet data network path to a voice telephone network connection without terminating the call, thereby bypassing said packet data network while maintaining the call.
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Abstract
The quality of service existing in a data packet network during the course of communication of a voice call through a data network, such as the Internet, is monitored. A minimum acceptable level of service may be predefined with a threshold quality level stored in the user'"'"'s Call Processing Record (CPR) in the AIN Integrated Services Control Point (ISCP). If the monitored quality is maintained in excess of the stored threshold, communication of the call continues through the established course of transmission. If the measured quality of service on the data network is not satisfactory, the routing of the call is changed to communication solely through a voice telephone network connection, which may include an Interexchange Carrier link, without terminating the call. The packet data network is thereby bypassed to obtain voice grade quality while maintaining the call.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of controlling voice communication between calling and called telephone stations each connected through a respective switch to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) region and remotely located from each-other, comprising the steps of:
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routing a voice call between said calling and called stations in digital packet format through a path of a packet data network;
changing the route of said call from said packet data network path to a voice telephone network connection without terminating the call, thereby bypassing said packet data network while maintaining the call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A communications network comprising:
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a switched telecommunications network having interconnected central office switching systems and having subscriber lines connected to;
said central office switching systems providing connection between terminals connected to said subscriber lines, each of said central office switching systems responding to a service request on a subscriber line connected thereto to, selectively provide a communication connection between the requesting line and another selected subscriber line through the switched telecommunications network;
a separate control network for said switched telecommunications network comprising a common channel interoffice signaling network including signal transfer points connected to said central office switching systems through signal switching points via links between said signal switching points and signal transfer points;
a data network separate from said switched telephone network comprising multiple remotely spaced routers for linking together paths of said data network using transmission control protocols to provide connectionless packet service between remote locations of said data network;
at least two of said central office switching systems having connected thereto an interface to said data network, said central office switching systems providing selective connection between said interfaces and the subscriber lines connected to each of said central office switching systems;
each said interface comprising means for monitoring said data network during the course of communication of a voice call between a first and a second of said subscriber lines through said data network to determine a quality of performance level in said data network, and means for providing a signal to said control network indicating that said performance level is unacceptable;
whereby said control network is responsive to said signal to reroute said voice call through said switched telecommunications network to bypass said data network while maintaining the call. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A communications system comprising:
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a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN) having a plurality of interconnected central office switching systems each connected to at least one subscriber line;
a data network separate from said switched telephone network comprising multiple remotely spaced routers for linking together paths of said data network using transmission control protocols to provide connectionless packet service between remote locations of said data network;
at least two of said central office switching systems connected to a respective interface to said data network, said central office switching systems providing selective connection between said interfaces and the subscriber lines connected to each of said central office switching systems; and
means for automatically rerouting a voice call between subscriber lines of said two central office switching systems that traverse said data network to a voice path in said PSTN in response to a predetermined condition, without terminating the existing voice call. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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