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Distributed switching system
Assignee: KDDI Corp
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Filing: 1981-08-27
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Granted: 1983-12-20
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Expires: 2001-08-27
Abstract
Abstract A distributed switching system is disclosed which includes a plurality of simple-function switching units interconnected by speech path links, each unit having a speech-path switch, a plurality of processing units connected to speech-paths for use in signal and call processing, and an inter-unit bus for the connection between the switching units and the processing units, and functions as a single large switching system as a whole.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiromichi Mori
- 👤 Jun Matsumoto
- 👤 Masanobu Fujioka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 15:28
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/04; H04Q11/0407
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
A distributed switching system operating as a single large switching system as a whole comprising: a plurality of switching units including speech-path switches and processors which control the said speech-path switches, and speech-path links inter-connecting said switching units for alternative routing between the units; a plurality of processing units connected to speech paths for signal and call processing, each of said processing units including a trunk circuit connected with a group of said speech-paths for processing signals in accordance with signaling systems of the said speech-path group and also including a processor for controlling said trunk circuit, said processing units being operative to process signals and calls coming in from and going out to the said speech-paths; and an inter-unit bus for transferring information between said switching units and said processing units, each said switching unit being operative as a small size simple function switching system which is highly independent of the other switching units, and each said processing unit being operative to process independently of the other processing units only incoming calls which come in to the processing unit to which the speech-paths carrying said incoming calls is connected or to process only outgoing calls which go out of the processing unit to which the speech-paths carrying said outgoing calls is connected.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
213 words
A distributed switching system operating as a single large switching system as a whole comprising: a plurality of switching units including speech-path switches and processors which control the said speech-path switches, and speech-path links inter-connecting said switching units for alternative routing between the units; a plurality of processing units connected to speech paths for signal and call processing, each of said processing units including a trunk circuit connected with a group of said speech-paths for processing signals in accordance with signaling systems of the said speech-path group and also including a processor for controlling said trunk circuit, said processing units being operative to process signals and calls coming in from and going out to the said speech-paths; and an inter-unit bus for transferring information between said switching units and said processing units, each said switching unit being operative as a small size simple function switching system which is highly independent of the other switching units, and each said processing unit being operative to process independently of the other processing units only incoming calls which come in to the processing unit to which the speech-paths carrying said incoming calls is connected or to process only outgoing calls which go out of the processing unit to which the speech-paths carrying said outgoing calls is connected.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A distributed switching system according to claim 1, wherein each processing unit deals with a speech-path group of only one sort of signaling system, and its functions are confined to the signal and call processing of that signaling system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
93 words
A distributed switching system according to claim 1 wherein said switching units are provided with a unified signaling system independent of the signaling systems of said speech-paths, each said processing unit being operative to convert signals provided by the signaling system of an incoming speech path to signals of said unified signaling system and being operative to convert signals of said unified signaling system to signals consistent with those used in the signaling system of an outgoing speech path, whereby said switching units are controlled only by signals of said unified signaling system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
93 words
A distributed switching system according to claim 2 wherein said switching units are provided with a unified signaling system independent of the signaling systems of said speech-paths, each said processing unit being operative to convert signals provided by the signaling system of an incoming speech path to signals of said unified signaling system and being operative to convert signals of said unified signaling system to signals consistent with those used in the signaling system of an outgoing speech path, whereby said switching units are controlled only by signals of said unified signaling system.
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