Multi-protocol digital convergent system

• US 20080291932A1
• Filed: 05/22/2007
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Santosh Kumar Mukherjee
• Original Assignee: Santosh Kumar Mukherjee
• Inventors: Mukherjee, Santosh Kumar
• Application Number:
  US11/805,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20080291932A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/410
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5618 Bridges, gateways [GW] or interworking units [IWU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5664 Support of Video, e.g. MPEG
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/52 Multiprotocol routers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/60 Router architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/602 Multilayer or multiprotocol switching, e.g. IP switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0045 involving hybrid, i.e. a mixture of public and private, or multi-vendor systems

Abstract

The system and method herein for multiprotocol switching comprises multiprotocol switching cards, a user registration module and a billing module. The multiprotocol switching cards are used for switching at the system level, network level and application level. The multiprotocol switching cards are inserted in a plurality of slots. The services are installed in each card though installation of software programs. The user registration module registers the subscribers for different communication identifiers such as land line, wireless phones and devices, and email. The billing module supports the billing and payment activities across multiple communication protocols. The disclosed invention transfers data across different communication channels such as local area networks, wireless networks, satellite network, cable network, time division multiplexing networks, voice networks, and asynchronous transfer mode networks, frame networks, internet protocol networks, data networks, etc. The transferred data is one of a voice, data, video and any combination thereof.

Claims

1. A system for switching between a plurality of communication identifiers and networks in a converged environment, comprising:

a digital convergent switch, wherein said digital convergent switch further comprises;

a plurality of multiprotocol switching cards for providing networking, storage, clustering, and remote management activities;

a switching fabric, wherein said plurality of multiprotocol switching cards are connected to said switching fabric;

a user registration module for registering the communication identifiers and the networks on said converged environment, by a subscriber;

a billing module in communication with said user registration module for supporting billing and payment activities across multiple communication protocols; and

a data aggregator for assimilating different types of data and signals generated by said communication identifiers and transmitted through said networks.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said multiprotocol switching card further comprises a system switching card, a protocol switching card and an application switching card to converge signals and data from said communication identifiers and networks at the corresponding levels.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said communication identifiers may be one of a wired and a wireless communication device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said network may be one of a wired and a wireless network.

5. The system of claim 1 is connected to a monitoring centre to provide a browser based user interface for managing said services on said plurality of multiprotocol switching cards.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of multiprotocol switching cards comprise service applications to provide predetermined services to a subscriber.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said multiprotocol switching cards are protocol independent and the multiprotocol switching cards transmit data conforming to a variety of transmission protocols.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said billing module generates a consolidated bill and transmits said consolidated bill to said subscriber in a medium of communication preferred by the subscriber.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a call control module for managing call control activities of voice traffic.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a reporting module for reporting billing results to a service provider of the predetermined services.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a network monitoring module for monitoring the performance of the network connected to said digital convergent switch.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a provisioning module for provisioning new services on said plurality of multiprotocol switching cards.

13. The system of claim 1 accepts traffic from and outputs traffic to time division multiplexing networks, voice networks, and asynchronous transfer mode networks, frame networks, internet protocol networks and data network.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein an open programmable architecture is used for said converged environment.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein a SS7 connection is provided in the form of distributed network architecture, on said converged environment.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said billing module consolidates billing information from multiple billing points into a standardized format.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said billing module switching comprises a browser based user interface for accessing standardized billing results.

18. A method for switching between a plurality of communication identifiers and networks in a converged environment comprising the steps of:

providing a digital convergent switch for switching between said plurality of communication identifiers and said networks;

providing a data aggregator for assimilating signals and data transmitted by a first communication identifier through a first network;

routing said assimilated signals by said digital convergent switch to a second communication identifier through a second network;

registering the communication identifiers and the networks of a subscriber with the digital convergent switch; and

delivering a consolidated bill to said subscriber for converging services of the digital convergent switch.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said step of delivering a consolidated bill to said subscriber is carried out by a delivery means specified by the subscriber and is one of an electronic mail, a postal mail, a short message service and any combination thereof.

20. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium, said computer program product comprising:

a first computer parsable program code for assimilating different types of signals and data transmitted by a first communication identifier through a first network;

a second computer parsable program for routing said assimilated signals by a digital convergent switch to a second communication identifier through a second network;

a third computer parsable program code for registering the communication identifiers and networks of a subscriber with said digital convergent switch; and

a fourth computer parsable program code for delivering a consolidated bill to said subscriber for converging services of the digital convergent switch.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising a fifth computer parsable program code for providing predetermined services to a subscriber.

22. The computer program product of claim 20 further comprising a sixth computer parsable program code for reporting billing results to a service provider of the predetermined services.

23. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising a seventh computer parsable program code for generating a consolidated bill and transmitting said consolidated bill to the subscriber in a medium of communication preferred by the subscriber.