| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and method for completing a call between a telephone (100) and a telephone (110) in a telecommunications network supporting number portability. A telephone network includes a plurality of switches (102, 108, and 112) connected by switched telecommunications network (106). The method and apparatus use a ported number list or a routing cache in a network switch or adjunct processor to avoid inefficiencies of QOR and N-1 call processing procedures. The invention includes an originating switch (102) as well as an adjunct processor for completing a call between the originating switch (102) and a destination switch (108), the originating switch (102) including structure for storing a ported number list or routing cache in database (104), structure for searching the ported number list or routing cache, and routing a call to the destination switch (108).</p> |
