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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Weijing Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Keith Joseph Allen, Austin, TX (US);
Weijing Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Keith Joseph Allen, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Labs, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus to establish a communication link over a high speed communications network. A unique predetermined address assigned to a switching and access node of each network node of the high speed communications network is examined. In addition, a service address associated with a request to establish a communication link is examined. The service address indicates at least one of a type of service being requested, a network service detail, and a name of a desired service provider. Thereafter, an end-to-end communication link is established between the calling party and a destination party by routing a connection request through plural switching nodes in accordance with the calling party address, an address associated with the destination party, and the service address.