Nortel Networks Corporation

Rockstar Consortium US LP

Brian B Egan

Milos Vodsedalek

Robert P Macaulay

Robert Paul Macaulay

Frank F Meijer

Christopher R Solar

Daniel D Thibault

Robert A Macaulay

Michael T Dowser

An apparatus and a method of optimizing voice quality on a network having end-points that are voice over Internet Protocol (IP) devices. Default parameters of the end-points are initialized. Network performance parameters are measured and evaluated to determine whether they signify that connection to the network is below a desired level of operation. If so, the default parameters of the end-points are re-set based on the evaluation. The adjustment may entail re-negotiating the CODEC connection and re-setting parameters for packet size and resetting parameters for jitter buffer size.

Voice optimization in a network having voice over internet protocol communication devices

An apparatus and a method of optimizing voice quality on a network having end-points that are voice over Internet Protocol (IP) devices. Default parameters of the end-points are initialized. Network performance parameters are measured and evaluated to determine whether they signify that connection to the network is below a desired level of operation. If so, the default parameters of the end-points are re-set based on the evaluation. The adjustment may entail re-negotiating the CODEC connection and re-setting parameters for packet size and re-setting parameters for jitter buffer size.

Voice optimization in a network having voice over the internet protocol communication devices

A communications system includes a local community having a local network coupled to various terminals. A server coupled to the local network includes a terminal proxy server and a switch module, such as a soft switch or a private branch exchange (PBX) application. A terminal, such as a remote terminal, can clone any of the terminals in the local community. The remote terminal sends a clone request to the terminal proxy server, which then associates the remote terminal as a clone of a local terminal. The cloning may override the local terminal, in which case the local terminal becomes inactive. Alternatively, the cloning may cause the remote terminal to be a replicate of the local terminal, in which case both terminals remain active. In another feature, multiple soft clients, replicating different local terminals, may co-exist on a single computer platform.

Method and apparatus for cloning terminals in a communications network

A call trace feature for a network compatible device, such as a voice over Internet Protocol device. The call trace information may include an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a geographical location of the end-point device, a type or class of the end-point device, a call route, a topology of the route, a domain name server of the IP address and route, a directory number and name, a call back number, an advisement as to whether the IP address for the end-point device is mobile and an advisement as to what redirection may have occurred before the call was completed.

Call trace on a packet switched network

The invention provides a key system unit comprising a first interface suitable for connection to a plurality of local terminals and a control unit coupled to the first interface. The control unit is operative for receiving a user data signal from the first interface and routing the user data signal toward a selected destination. The control unit has a registry for storing status information, the status information including a local segment and at least one remote segment, the local segment providing a representation of the functional status of the key system unit, the remote segment providing a representation of the functional status of a remote key system unit. The information in the registry can be displayed on a display screen on a local terminal to provide the user with system status information on the local key system unit and the remote key system unit.

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