Alcatel-lucent USA Inc.

Lucent Technologies Inc.

Alcatel Lucent

Edward Alan Clark

Joseph John Kott

Stuart Owen Goldman

Robert B Dianda

Hsien-Chuen Yu

Alan Howard Matten

Peng Zhang

Steven L Makowski

Douglas W Sturm

Mark G Bradac

Shang-Fon Su

Margaret Hueying Yang

Douglas James Botkin

Ronald Harding Davis

William Jackson Bushnell

Alan Eugene Frey

Rolfe E Buhrke

James D Bobeck

Sidney Llewellyn Bryson

Marc R Blumberg

Peter Charles Tomasino

Donald McBride

Scott Douglas Olmstead

Mohana Saravanan Barathan

Gang Gary Huang

Prashant Shashikant Parikh

Charles H Rydholm

Henry Thomas Peter

Jose A Suarez

Monica Sentoff

A service control component of an apparatus in one example provides to one or more telephony devices of a plurality of telephony devices on a call, one or more services associated with one or more numbers associated with the one or more telephony devices on the call through employment of one or more data streams associated with the call.

Providing of service(s) by a service control component to telephony device(s) on a call through employment data stream(s) associated with the call

A maintenance component of an apparatus in one example employs one or more packets that are communicated over an active packet connection to evaluate the active packet connection.

Transmission of maintenance information of an active packet connection through employment of packets communicated over the active packet connection

One or more application server components employ one or more data streams to provide to a telephony device on a remote network for a user one or more line-side services associated with a network address on a home network for the user.

Application server component (s) providing of line-side service(s) associated with network address on home network for user to telephony device on remote network for the user

A method and apparatus for providing call admission control in a packet network such as an internet protocol (IP) network are provided. More particularly, a terminating endpoint of a logical connection on a packet network, e.g. an IP network, is provided with the ability to make a decision on whether to accept or reject an incoming call based on quality of service (QoS) indicator based on QoS metrics. These metrics indicate quality of service levels for specific logical connections and are accumulated over specified time periods.

Method and apparatus for providing call admission control in packet networks

A pool of network resources is provided. Traffic volume between switches is monitored. When traffic volume between two switches justifies the allocation of pool resources a switch-to-switch call is made between the two switches. One or more resources from the pool are used to establish the switch-to-switch call. The switch-to-switch call is used to carry call traffic. When traffic volume subsides, the switch-to-switch call is torn down, thereby freeing the one or more resources for use in the dynamic establishment of other switch-to-switch calls between other switch pairs. Switch-to-switch calls are placed ISUP in TDM bearer networks, using SIP or BICC in IP bearer networks and using BICC in ATM bearer networks.

Dynamic management of trunk group members

An apparatus in one example comprises an application server component that associates a data stream with a call through employment of an identifier within a message associated with the call.

Data stream association with call through employment of identifier within message associated with the call

An intermediate application server component provides one or more services to one or more telephony devices on a call through employment of one or more data streams associated with the call.

Service(s) provided to telephony device(s) through employment of data stream(s) associated with the call

An IP Packet Access Gateway (IP PAG) system manages an IP bearer path between communicating IP endpoints. The system includes an IP PAG having a first IP bearer connection termination for terminating a first bearer connection with a first IP endpoint, and a second IP connection termination or terminating a second bearer connection with a second IP endpoint. A call control entity is associated with the IP PAG and communicates call control instructions thereto. The call control instructions include instructions for logically concatenating the connections into an active IP bearer path extending between the first IP endpoint and the second IP endpoint. A bearer traffic IP packet handler in the IP PAG moves bearer traffic IP packet payloads over the active IP bearer path.

IP packet access gateway

An ATM Packet Access Gateway (ATM PAG) system manages an ATM bearer path extending between ATM endpoints participating, for example, in a VoATM call. The system includes an ATM PAG having a first ATM bearer connection termination for terminating a first bearer connection with a first ATM endpoint, and a second ATM connection termination for terminating a second bearer connection with a second ATM endpoint. A call control entity is associated with the ATM PAG and communicates call control instructions thereto. The call control instructions include instructions for logically concatenating the first and second ATM bearer connections into an active ATM bearer path extending between the first ATM endpoint and the second ATM endpoint. A Media Access Gateway (MAG) function of the ATM PAG is responsible for establishing the connections that form the ATM bearer path. An ATM switch function of the ATM PAG moves bearer traffic ATM packet payloads over the active ATM bearer path.

ATM packet access gateway

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for permitting a telecommunications switch to interact with a plurality of feature servers. All feature request messages from the switch are directed to a service integration node. A Policy Manager software and database system in the service integration node analyzes received request messages from the telecommunications switch, and generates one or more request messages to one or more of the feature servers. The Policy Manager controls the sequencing of feature request messages in cases where a plurality of feature servers, or a plurality of different application programs on one feature server, are required in order to supply the telecommunications switch with the response information necessary for executing the feature. Advantageously, using this type of arrangement, a telecommunications switch can communicate with a plurality of feature servers while controlling interaction among different features triggered by a common event, such as an incoming call.

Managing feature interaction among a plurality of independent feature servers in telecommunications servers

The specification relates to a broadband multiple access protocol for bi-directional hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks and other shared media networks. The protocol supports downstream broadcast transmission from headend to cable modem, and also provides for allocation of bandwidth for cable modems to transmit back to the headend. The HE transmits and receives control messages in either ATM or VL format, depending upon CM capability, the determination of CM capability ascertained by the HE during the message flows interchanged between HE and CM while establishing a data link. Although the present invention is described in relation to an HFC network, it is also equally applicable to other shared media networks. The protocol supports different data access modes such as STM, ATM, and VL; within each subframe of a subframe/frame/masterframe structure. The protocol adapts to changing demands for a mix of circuit and packet mode applications and allocates upstream and downstream bandwidth in response to the a variety of bursty and isochronous traffic sources. In order to satisfy the quality of service requirements of varied applications, while maintaining high bandwidth efficiency, the protocol utilizes a subframe structure with subframe partitioning into regions; one region dedicated to STM payload transmission, a second region dedicated to ATM cell transmission, and a third region dedicated to VL payload transmissions.

Method and apparatus for messaging, signaling, and establishing a data

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Edward Alan Clark