OPTIMIZING VOICE-OVER-IP PRIORITY AND BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS

摘要

A method of, and means for accomplishing the method, optimizing system resources in a network ( 102 ) using packetized voice telephony consists of the following steps: determining ( 302 ) that a packetized voice call from an originating gateway ( 104 ) terminates at a non-human voice interface system ( 108 ), wherein the packetized voice call is assigned a specified high priority level; and transmitting ( 304 ) signaling to cause the originating gateway ( 104 ) to transmit the packetized voice call to the non-human voice interface system ( 108 ) at a lower priority than the specified nigh priority level.