At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

At+t Corp.

Clayton Lockhart

Hossein Eslambolchi

Jackson Liu

Craig L DeCaluwe

Nicholas D De Trana

Rajan Anand

James J Gallagher

Paul Greendyk

Richard J Bruno

Prafulla Verma

Patricia Klink

Gary A Martyn

Pari Bajpay

Rahul Anand

Method and apparatus for configuring systems implementing diverse platforms in a network is described. In one example, functional units of the systems are exposed to define abstract function signatures. A template is specified using at least one of the abstract function signatures to define at least one executable task. The template is translated into configuration data adapted to configure each of the system to collectively perform the at least one executable task. The configuration data is applied to the systems through a coupler layer adapted to interface with each of the diverse platforms.

Method and apparatus for configuring network systems implementing diverse platforms to perform business tasks

Telecommunications switching systems that require real-time computer control can be controlled using remotely located computers coupled to the switching systems via data links. By coupling several switching systems to one or more centrally located control computers, maintenance staffing can be reduced while increasing overall system reliability by providing back up control computers in multiple centralized locations. Centrally located control computers can be backed up with redundant computers at the central control site.

Method and apparatus for a remote signaling and call processing in a telecommunications network

Rapid reestablishment of permanent virtual circuits (PVCs ) between frame relay switches in a frame relay ( ) is accomplished by periodically polling the switches by a configuration controller ( ) via an out-of-band connection to obtain PVC information from the switches. Should a fault occur, the fault is isolated and mitigated. Thereafter, the configuration controller ( ) downloads the stored PVC information to the switches in parallel via the out-of-band connection to enable the switches to re-establish the PVCs quickly, rather than wait to do so via an in-band connection.

Method and apparatus for achieving fast reconnection of permanent virtal channels in a frame relay network

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