Method of establishing a connection as well as an exchange, service computer and communications network
CA 2207092 A1 · Owner: Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale D'Electricite · Inventors: Stahl, Uwe; Orlamunder, Harald
Overview
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A requesting terminal signals a call request (CALL) to a control unit of a first communications network. The control unit then determines whether sufficient capacity is available in the first communications network to establish the connection requested by the call request. In the event of insufficient capacity, the control unit transmits an overload message (DAT) to the requesting terminal. It only initiates an alternative establishment of the requested connection via another, second communications network after it receives an acknowledge message (ACK) issued by the requesting terminal.
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- Filed May 26, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 26, 2017.
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