Abstract: In a telecommunications system, components which fail and have backup resources are dynamically remapped to insert the backup resource in place of the failed component. A configuration database containing data for each resource in the switching platform of a telecommunications systems can be dynamically searched to identify backup resource and dynamically updated to reflect addressing and connection data for remapped components, thereby allowing dynamic replacement of failed components in the switching platform that is transparent to the applications processor of the telecommunications system.

Abstract: A call processing architecture treats a call connection as having two halves an originating half and a terminating half. An agent is associated with each call half, the originating agent being assigned by a switching center of a telecommunications system to establish the originating half of a call. The originating agent interacts with a translator and router to process the dated digits for a call to route the call to a terminating agent, the terminating agent establishing the terminating half of the call to complete the call connection. An agent interworking protocol (AIP) provides a generic superset protocol containing the common elements and unique elements for all call types so that an originating agent converts its call messages to the AIP and is connected to a terminating agent via an AIP connector, the terminating agent converting the AIP formatted call messages to the native protocol of the terminating agent.

Abstract: A telecommunications switching system with a hardware resource manager system. The resource manager interfaces with higher-level system functions such as call processing, OA&M, NMS and system control functions and with lower-level hardware functions embodied in an input/output sub-system (IOSS) containing various hardware resources for interfacing the switching system to other entities. The resource manager controls all interactions between the IOSS hardware and the higher-level functions and hides the hardware specifics of the IOSS, giving the higher-level functions a hardware-independent view of the IOSS resources. As a result, the higher-level functions can operate without modification with a wide variety of IOSS hardware configurations. The resource manager manages the physical interfaces and IOSS resources and is aware of the complete configuration of the IOSS, including all channel addressing information and the state of each IOSS resource.

Abstract: A system for providing country-specific data for a telecommunications system is provided. The system includes a data storage system and a user interface. A controller is connected to the data storage system and the user interface, and is configured to retrieve country data from the data storage system in response to a country identifier received from the user interface, and to store the country-specific data in one or more predetermined memory locations.

Abstract: A system, and associated methods, for generating a user interface with respect to a server are provided. The system includes a client engine, which is connected by a real or virtual connection to an interface repository, an object interface module, a server interface module, and a user interface device. The client engine has the capability to transmit a request for an object reference to the object interface module, and to receive an object reference from the object interface module. The client engine also has the capability to request object type definition data from the interface repository based on the object reference and to receive the object type definition data from the interface repository. A user may then invoke a selected method on the server and receive a response generated by the server. The client engine can generate a display on a user interface connected to the client engine based on the object type definition data.

Abstract: A system for providing control of redundant components is presented. The system includes two resource modules. The resource module is connected to a data bus, but only the active resource module has control of the data bus. Two call processor systems are connected to the resource modules, and the active call processor is connected to the active resource module. A call processor connection client operating on the resource module transmits a connection request message to the call processor systems. A call processor connection server operating on the call processor system can receive the connection request message and assign the resource module active status.

Abstract: In a switching platform of a telecommunications system, fault testing is automatically performed during operation of the switching platform to identify components to be tested, perform testing and if a fail condition occures, perform localization to isolate a source of the fail condition. In another mode of testing, an off-line component is identified and the test procedure automatically performs testing and if a fail condition occurs, a localization procedure is automatically initiated to identify a source of the fail condition. A configuration database containing status information on components of the switching platform can be periodically searched by the fault test procedure to identify components to be tested. The configuration database can also be searched to identify replacement components in response to an alarm identifying a faulty component generated by the fault test procedure.

Abstract: A system for processing data is provided. The system includes a data type detector that determines whether a data frame is a speech/voice data frame or a data/fax data frame. The system further includes a transcoder and rate adapter system that is connected to the data type detector. The data type detector transfers the data frame to the transcoder and rate adapter system if the data frame is a voice data frame. An interworking function system is also connected to the data type detector. The data type detector transfers the data frame to the interworking function system if the data frame is a data/fax data frame.

Abstract: A system and method for forming circuit connections within a telecommunications switching platform that uses tables of logical identifiers for resources and information channels being handled by the platform to allow dynamic addressing of components and provide significant flexibility over prior-art systems.

Abstract: A system for transferring echo cancellation data is provided. The system includes an echo cancellation element, which has echo cancellation algorithm data that has been determined for a predetermined telecommunications channel. The system also includes another echo cancellation element. An echo cancellation controller module is connected to the echo cancellation element and the other echo cancellation element. The echo cancellation controller module retrieves the echo cancellation algorithm data from the echo cancellation element, and transfers the echo cancellation algorithm data to the other echo cancellation element when a telecommunications channel is transferred from a cell to another cell.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing wireless telecommunications is provided. The apparatus includes an echo canceller module. An echo canceller module controller is connected to the echo canceller module. The echo canceller module controller can receive echo canceller data, and can turn the echo canceller module on when the echo canceller data indicates that echo cancellation is required, such that echo cancellation may be controllably turned on only when it is needed.

Abstract: A flexible architecture for a telecommunications system is disclosed herein. Such architecture provides for different software layers, which include one or more software entities, based on a logical grouping of like or similar functions. For example, a call processing software layer, a resource software layer and a network management software layer may be provided to carry out particular operations. Further, the network management software layer may be divided into a client layer, which presents operations, administration and maintenance related information to a user for adaptation by the user, and a server layer, which stores and accesses operations, administration and maintenance related information. Object request broker technology is utilized to allow a software entity of one software layer to invoke operations associated with another software entity provided by another software layer.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, an application provider, such as a mobile application part provider (52), is provided that includes a table (210), a router (200) and a message converter (220). The table (210) stores information corresponding to a sub-system, such as a visitor location register (46) or a home location register (44), of a first node, such as an integrated wireless telecommunications switch (14). The router (200) analyzes an application part message, such as a mobile application part message, that originated from the first node and compares the information stored in the table to the destination of the application part message to determine if the application part message is destined for the sub-system of the first node. The router (200) communicates the application part message to the first node if the application part message is destined for the sub-system of the first node.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a network management system server (70) of a telecommunications system, such as an integrated wireless telecommunications system (14), is in communication with a network management system client (90) and a call processor (40). The network management system server (70) includes a configuration management server (72) for performing configuration management, and a fault management server (74) for performing fault management. The network management system server (70) further includes an accounting management server (78) for performing accounting management, an event filtering and routing server (124) for receiving event information, such as, for example, the call processor (40), and to route the event information to one or more of the servers, and a database server, such as a log server (126) for storing event information.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a merged operations and maintenance center (200) is provided that performs radio and switch operations and maintenance functions for a telecommunications system such as an integrated wireless telecommunications system (14). The merged operations and maintenance center (200) may be in communication with a call processor (40) and includes a plurality of servers and a graphical user interface. The plurality of servers may include a configuration management server (72) for performing configuration management, a fault management server (74) for performing fault management, and an accounting management server (78) for performing accounting management. The graphical user interface may be implemented using any available interface.

Abstract: A system for processing signaling data is provided. The system includes a set of one or more signaling interface module(s), connected in series or in parallel. The interface module(s) is connected to the signaling interface module(s). A switching module is connected to the interface module(s). The switching module receives serial signaling data from the interface module(s) in a first sequence, and outputs the serial signaling data to the interface module(s) in a second sequence. The interface module(s) transmits the serial signaling data to the signaling interface module(s).

Abstract: Described is a system and method for transcoding and rate-adapting between information channels having a first rate and signal-encoding scheme and information channels having a second rate and second signal-encoding scheme. Further described is a system and method for determining when a signal-processing module has failed or been removed or inserted into an operating telecommunications switching platform. Also described is a system and method for efficient power-up, to allow for more efficient system power-up, the signal-processing modules of the present invention preferably have their operating systems stored in a nonvolatile memory that can be reprogrammed without removing it from the system. A switching module is further capable of responding to heartbeat messages and identifying itself as operational over one bus or both buses of a redundant-pair control bus. The module also has a reprogrammable, nonvolatile memory associated with it from which the module can run its operating system.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, an integrated authentication center is provided that may be used in an exemplary integrated wireless telecommunications system (14). The integrated authentication center includes an application process, such as a call processing application (54), that includes a plurality of software objects such as a home location register (44) and an authentication center (42). The home location register (44) is implemented in one of the plurality of software objects of the application process and initiates the generation of an authentication set, such as authentication triplets. The authentication center (42) is also implemented in one of the plurality of software objects of the application process and generates the authentication set in response to the home location register (44).

Abstract: A method for processing telecommunications data is provided. The method includes receiving telecommunications data, such as at a component of a telecommunications switch. It is then determined whether the telecommunications data includes speech/voice data or data/fax data. Transcoder and rate adaption processing is performed on the telecommunications data with signal processing circuitry if the telecommunications data is speech/voice data. Otherwise, interworking function processing is performed on the telecommunications data with the signal processing circuitry if the telecommunications data is data/fax data.

Abstract: A generic telecommunications system and associated methods are disclosed herein. Such generic telecommunications system provides for, among other things, a call processing application that can be used with telecommunications systems that incorporate varying different technologies and standards. Such call processing applications may, for example, include a home location register, visitor location register and mobile switching center elements. In addition, the call processing application may include an application provider and/or a radio controller elements. Those elements are preferably implemented as software entities including one or more software objects. As software entities of the same application, those elements may readily communicate with, and invoke operations associated with, one another. Further, as disclosed herein, software entities of the call processing application may also readily communicate with, and invoke operations associated with, software entities of other applications.