COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL RESERVATION IN COMPUTER NETWORK TELEPHONY SYSTEMS

摘要

A method for communications channel reservation in a computer network telephony system, the method including a) a local gateway sending a resource reservation request to a local gatekeeper for at least one remote telephone line, b) the local gatekeeper sending the resource reservation request to a remote gatekeeper via a network, c) the remote gatekeeper querying a remote gateway to determine if the remote gateway has any telephone lines that the remote gateway may provide for the termination of telephone calls, d) the remote gatekeeper reserving for the local gatekeeper in response to the reservation request at least one terminatable telephone line at the remote gateway, e) the remote gatekeeper notifying the local gatekeeper of the reservation for the local gatekeeper, and f) the local gatekeeper forwarding information regarding the reservation to the local gateway.