CLASS 4 LONG DISTANCE SOFTSWITCH NETWORK WITH INTEGRATED CLASS 5 APPLICATION SERVICES

摘要

A telecommunication system including a class 4 long distance softswitch network with one or more a core routing engines and one or more class 5 application servers. The class 4 long distance softswitch network further includes at least one edge device, which may be in the form of a session border controller or media gateway, with at least one connection, including PRI, SS7 and TDM connections, to at least one customer premise equipment of at least one retail customer, which may be an enterprise customer. The class 5 application server is configured to provide the customer with class 5 services within the class 4 network.

主权项

1. A telecommunication system comprising:
a class 4 long distance softswitch network comprising a core routing engine and a class 5 application server, the class 4 long distance softswitch network further comprising at least one edge device with at least one direct connection to at least one customer premise equipment of at least one retail customer, the class 5 application server configured to provide the retail customer with class 5 services within the class 4 network, and the core routing engine configured to determine whether to process a call with class 5 services.