Method for controlling components of a communication system

Claim 1

A method for controlling components having control units for controlling a call set up in a communication system composed of at least one network for the transmission of digital communication signals, the at least one network having at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment allocated to subscribers for multipoint-multiconnection call set up, the at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment being components of the communication system, comprising the steps of: controlling a first component via signaling in the form of messages communicated over a part of the network from a second component; providing in each of said messages at least one protocol and message identifier, attributes of object for a call, object for a subscriber and object for a connection having object identification numbers for each of individual objects permanently allocated at least locally to a call for the duration of the call; providing the attributes of objects contained in a message independently of a relationship between these objects and independently of their relationship to other objects; separately providing further information about relationships between different objects within each signalling message itself; and identifying via the control unit of the first component the relationships between the different objects dependent on said further information.

Claim 2

A method for controlling components having control units for controlling a call set up in a communication system composed of at least one network for the transmission of digital communication signals, the at least one network having at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment allocated to subscribers for multipoint-multiconnection call set up, the at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment being components of the communication system, comprising the steps of: controlling a first component via signaling in the form of messages communicated over a part of the network from a second component; providing in each of said messages at least one protocol and message identifier, attributes of object for a call, object for a subscriber and object for a connection having object identification numbers for each of individual objects permanently allocated at least locally to a call for the duration of the call; providing the attributes of objects contained in a message independently of a relationship between these objects and independently of their relationship to other objects; separately providing further information about relationships between different objects within each signalling message itself; and identifying via the control unit of the first component the relationships between the different objects dependent on said further information.

Claim 6

A method for controlling components having control units for controlling a call set up in a communication system composed of at least one network for the transmission of digital communication signals, the at least one network having at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment allocated to subscribers for multipoint-multiconnection call set up, the at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment being components of the communication system, comprising the steps of: controlling a first component with messages communicated over a part of the network from a second component; providing in each of said messages at least one protocol and message identifier, attributes of object for a call, object for a subscriber and object for a connection having object identification numbers for each of individual objects permanently allocated at least locally to a call for a duration of the call; providing the attributes of objects contained in a message independently of a relationship between these objects and independently of their relationship to other objects; separately providing further information about relationships between different objects, the relationships between the objects being defined by mutual allocation of identification numbers of individual objects in combination with an identification number of a type of relationship; and identifying via the control unit of the first component the relationships between the objects dependent on said further information.

Claim 7

A method for controlling components having control units for controlling a call set up in a communication system composed of at least one network for the transmission of digital communication signals, the at least one network having at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment allocated to subscribers for multipoint-multiconnection call set up, the at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment being components of the communication system, comprising the steps of: controlling a first component with messages communicated over a part of the network from a second component; providing in each of said messages at least one protocol and message identifier, attributes of object for a call, object for a subscriber and object for a connection having object identification numbers for each of individual objects permanently allocated at least locally to a call for a duration of the call; providing the attributes of objects contained in a message independently of a relationship between these objects and independently of their relationship to other objects; separately providing further information about relationships between different objects, the relationships between the objects being defined by mutual allocation of identification numbers of individual objects in combination with an identification number of a type of relationship; and identifying via the control unit of the first component the relationships between the objects dependent on said further information.

Claim 10

A method for controlling components having control units for controlling a call set up in a communication system composed of at least one network for the transmission of digital communication signals, the at least one network having at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment allocated to subscribers for multipoint-multiconnection call set up, the at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment being components of the communication system, comprising the steps of: selecting a first component; controlling the first component via signaling in the form of messages communicated over a part of the network from a second component; providing in each of said messages at least one protocol and message identifier, attributes of an object of call, attributes of an object of subscriber and attributes of an object of connection, respective object identification numbers for each of the objects permanently allocated at least locally to a call for a duration of the call; defining relationships between the objects by mutual allocation of identification numbers of individual objects in combination with an identification number of a respective type of relationship; providing in each message information about the relationships between different objects; providing the attributes of objects contained in a message independently of a relationship between these objects and independently of their relationship to other objects; separately providing further information about relationships between different objects; and identifying via the control unit of the first component the relationships between the object dependent on said further information.

Claim 11

A method for controlling components having control units for controlling a call set up in a communication system composed of at least one network for the transmission of digital communication signals, the at least one network having at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment allocated to subscribers for multipoint-multiconnection call set up, the at least one switching equipment and communication terminal equipment being components of the communication system, comprising the steps of: selecting a first component; controlling the first component via signaling in the form of messages communicated over a part of the network from a second component; providing in each of said messages at least one protocol and message identifier, attributes of an object of call, attributes of an object of subscriber and attributes of an object of connection, respective object identification numbers for each of the objects permanently allocated at least locally to a call for a duration of the call; defining relationships between the objects by mutual allocation of identification numbers of individual objects in combination with an identification number of a respective type of relationship; providing in each message information about the relationships between different objects; providing the attributes of objects contained in a message independently of a relationship between these objects and independently of their relationship to other objects; separately providing further information about relationships between different objects; and identifying via the control unit of the first component the relationships between the object dependent on said further information.