Dynamic shared facility system for private networks

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract, This invention relates to a dynamically shared facility network (DSFN) providing private network service to a plurality of customers using switched facilities of a common carrier network. A plurality of serving offices are connected via access links to customer telecommunications equipment. A pool of channels is dedicated to providing communications for private network service among these serving offices. In response to a request from a customer connections are set up in the serving offices between access links and members of the pool of channels, in order to interconnect the serving links sought to beconnected by the request. Where tandem connections between serving offices are …