MULTI-PROTOCOL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROUTING OPTIMIZATION

摘要

A telecommunications switching system employing multi-protocol routing optimization which utilizes predetermined and measured parameters in accordance with a set of user priorities in determining the selection of a telecommunications path to be utilized for transmitting a data file to a remote destination. The switching system has a first memory for storing the data file to be transferred, a second memory for storing predetermined parameters such as cost data associated with each of the telecommunications paths, a third memory for storing a set of user priorities regarding the transmission of data files, and means for measuring the value of variable parameters such as file transfer speed associated with each of the telecommunications paths. Processor means are operatively associated with the second and third memories and the variable parameter measuring means for determining which of the plurality of telecommunications paths should be utilized for transferring the data file in accordance with the set of user priorities, the predetermined telecommunications path parameters, and the measured variable parameters. The switching system further comprises input means for allowing a user to change the user priorities in the third memory prior to transmitting a file.

主权项

1. In a communications switching system comprising a plurality of interfaces, each of the interfaces interconnected with at least one of a plurality of communications paths capable of transferring data to a remote destination, the communications paths having at least one predetermined parameter associated therewith, a system for determining which of the plurality of communications paths should be utilized for transferring the data, said system for determining comprising at least one processor that:
determines a data type of the data to be transferred; measures at least one variable parameter for at least one of said communications paths; and determines which of the communications paths provides a set of characteristics for transferring the data to the remote destination in accordance with the at least one measured variable parameter, the at least one predetermined parameter, and the data type, wherein the determining of the communication paths is based on a requisite relative weighting of at least one of, the at least one measured variable parameter and the at least one predetermined parameter.