Abstract: The termination availability database (TADB) of the instant invention performs routing decisions in response to call requests received from data access points (DAPs). The TADB takes each of the requests, which relate to a special service call of a subscriber, and determines the particular termination of the subscriber to which the call is to be routed. To perform its determination of where to route the calls, the TADB takes into consideration data collected from the network and the availability of the different terminations of the subscriber. In addition, allocation algorithms are used. Some of these algorithms include a precise percentage algorithm, a uniform call distribution algorithm, a sequential allocation routing algorithm, and a pure load balancing algorithm.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 1996
Date of Patent:
July 28, 1998
Assignee:
MCI Communications Corportion
Inventors:
Frances D. E. Taylor, Christine S. Chaney, Christobal Alejandro Torres