Abstract: The quality of voice signals transmitted by a telephone station set, or similar device, are enhanced in accordance with the steps of the instant method before such signals are delivered to a receiving telephone station set by restoring the level of speech energy attenuated by the transmitting set, in which such restoration is performed at a point along a telephone connection between the transmitting and receiving telephone stations, for example, at a point within a telecommunications system which establishes the connection.

Abstract: A facility for establishing a signaling link over a telecommunications network connection formed by a number of network switches is provided so that an upstream switch may communicate with a downstream switch in the connection. The facility is particularly useful in controlling the number of times that signals traveling over the connection are subjected to a particular function.

Abstract: The quality of voice signals transmitted by a telephone station set, or similar device, are enhanced in accordance with the steps of the instant method before such signals are delivered to a receiving telephone station set by restoring the level of speech energy attenuated by the transmitting set, in which such restoration is performed at a point along a telephone connection between the transmitting and receiving telephone stations, for example, at a point within a telecommunications system which establishes the connection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing noise fill in a communication system. The method comprises the detecting (16) of active and inactive information signal transmission periods to a destined end user, and the measuring (17) of background noise normally found in the transmission of the information signals to the destined end user. A noise fill signal is generated (21,22) and transmitted to the destined end user during information signal transmission gaps to that end user, which noise fill signal is at level below that of the measured background noise. Such attenuated noise fill level was found to provide improved subjective performance in, for example, speech transmissions when the noise fill is between -dB and -6 dB of the measured background noise level, with best subjective performance noted between the -3 and -6dB noise match levels.

Abstract: An automatic route selection capability for a communication system is described which enables the system to utilize digits of a called party number to select in a predetermined manner a predefined group of line pools and a line therein over which the call is to be placed. Once the predefined group of line pools is selected, a priority scheme enables the system to sequentially search each line pool for an available line over which the call can be placed. The system dials the called party using route character digits which prefix or optionally replace one or more of the user-dialed digits.