CONNECTION MANAGER FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS

摘要

The present invention relates generally to telecommunications, and more specifically, to a system and method of managing telecommunication connections. In telephony, the set up, maintenance and tear down of communications is implemented in a very inflexible and predetermined manner which impedes the addition of new features. The Internet is generally used a s a simple transport network that is insensitive to performance requirements a nd therefore is a hindrance to high bandwidth services. The invention provides a system for managing connections which employs a proxy for each entity in the communication including each user and each telecommunication network. This allows a communication to be established with consideration for the resource s available to each entity, in their respective limitations. This allows new services to be implemented over multiple networks, with the assurance that t he necessary bandwidth and other resources will be available.