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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2003
Jakob J. Neulist, West Chicago, IL (US);
Sikander Waheed, Lombard, IL (US);
Jakob J. Neulist, West Chicago, IL (US);
Sikander Waheed, Lombard, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for operating a media gateway in a telecommunications system. The gateway provides bearer paths for communication traffic between network segments via contexts. Each context includes a collection of terminations that link the gateway to the network segments and a topology that defines the bearer paths between the terminations within the context. The method includes: receiving a new topology for one of the contexts within the gateway, comparing the received topology to a current topology for the context, based upon the foregoing comparison, determining which terminations within the context are to be disconnected from one another; disconnecting terminations within the context from on&another in accordance with the foregoing determination; comparing the received topology to the current topology for the context; based on the foregoing comparison, determining which terminations within the context are to be connected to one another; and, connecting terminations within the context to one another in accordance with the foregoing determination.