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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Amie J. Elcan, Superior, CO (US);
West Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A method and system for configuring a class 5 switch of a switch network to support a virtual trunk group to an ATM edge switch of an ATM network while avoiding glare in which the switch provides one trunk group includes initiating an overflow feature of the switch to provide five overflow trunk groups. The primary trunk group of the switch is then provisioned as an outgoing primary trunk group for outgoing calls. One of the five overflow trunk groups is then provisioned as an incoming primary trunk group for incoming calls. The other four overflow trunk groups are provisioned as overflow trunk groups for outgoing and incoming calls. The outgoing primary trunk group is hunted through to seize trunks for outgoing calls and the incoming primary trunk group is hunted through to seize trunks for incoming calls. The other four overflow trunk groups are hunted through in a descending direction to seize trunks for outgoing calls after all of the trunks of the outgoing primary trunk group have been seized. The other four overflow trunk groups are hunted through in an ascending direction to seize trunks for incoming calls after all of the trunks of the incoming primary trunk group have been seized.