AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF A DIGITAL CROSS CONNECT

• US 20090028139A1
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Services Corporation (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Jones, James C., Peer, Francis W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,199,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/386
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/545 using a stored programme

Abstract

A request is received to establish a requested connection in a digital cross connect between a first port and a second port. It is determined whether each of the first port and the second port are on a list of ports that are available for the connection. A command is issued to the digital cross connect to establish the requested connection.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a digital cross connect that includes a plurality of originating ports and a plurality of terminating ports;

a plurality of originating lines, at least some of the originating lines each selectively connected to one of the originating ports;

a plurality of terminating lines, at least some of the terminating lines each selectively connected to one of the terminating ports; and

a mapping application configured to issue a command for connecting one of the originating ports to one of the terminating ports in the digital cross connect.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of switches, each switch connected to one or more of the originating lines; and

a plurality of terminating telephony equipment, each terminating telephony equipment connected to one of the terminating lines.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of the telephony equipment is a computer modem.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a configuration database that includes one or more predetermined commands available for retrieval by the mapping application for connecting one of the originating ports to one of the terminating ports in the digital cross connect.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a configuration queue that includes one or more predetermined commands to be executed by the mapping application for connecting one of the originating ports to one of the terminating ports in the digital cross connect.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mapping application is configured to determine, prior to issuing the command, whether the one of the terminating ports and the one of the originating ports requested by a user may be accessed by the user.

7. The system o f claim 1, wherein the mapping application is configured to determine, prior to issuing the command, whether the one of the terminating ports and the one of the originating ports requested by a user are available in the digital cross connect.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mapping application is configured to determine, prior to issuing the command, whether the one of the terminating ports and the one of the originating ports requested by a user may be connected to each other according to a type of line associated with each of the one of the terminating ports and the one of the originating ports.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a packet switched network connected to the digital cross connect and the mapping application.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a telephony network connected to at least one of the terminating lines.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving a request to establish a requested connection in a digital cross connect between a first port and a second port;

determining whether each of the first port and the second port are on a list of ports that are available for the connection; and

issuing a command to the digital cross connect to establish the requested connection.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining present connections for each of the first ports and the second ports.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining if the first port is presently connected to the second port.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining that at least one of the first port and the second port is presently unconnected.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising issuing a command to tear down a first connection to at least one of the first port and the second port prior to issuing the command.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising retrieving the command from a configuration database that includes one or more predetermined commands for establishing a connection in the digital cross connect.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising retrieving the command from a configuration queue that includes one or more predetermined commands for establishing a connection in the digital cross connect.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining, prior to issuing the command, whether the first port and second port may be connected to each other according to one of a type of line and a type of equipment associated with each of the first port and the second port.

19. The method of claim 11, tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium as a set of computer-executable instructions.

20. A system, comprising:

a digital cross connect that includes a plurality of originating ports and a plurality of terminating ports;

a plurality of originating lines, at least some of the originating lines each selectively connected to one of the originating ports;

a plurality of terminating lines, at least some of the terminating lines each selectively connected to one of the terminating ports;

a plurality of terminating telephony equipment, each terminating telephony equipment connected to one of the terminating lines;

a plurality of switches, each switch connected to one or more of the originating lines;

a mapping application configured to issue a command for connecting one of the originating ports to one of the terminating ports in the digital cross connect; and

a configuration database that includes one or more predetermined commands available for retrieval by the mapping application for connecting one of the originating ports to one of the terminating ports in the digital cross connect.