MULTIMEDIA CALL HANDLING

摘要

A multimedia telecommunications call centre (10) receives incoming calls via a gateway (14), which transmits the call request to a multipoint controller (20). The multipoint controller controls call routing to a desired terminal (22, 23) on a network (30), with the physical call datastream being carried directly across the network without mediation by the multipoint controller, thereby obviating bottlenecks at the controller and providing scalability.