Claims
- 1. A method of managing switch connections at a switching node in a communications system, the method comprising:
providing connection requests from a higher level application to a connection manager in said switching node; processing said requests in said connection manager and generating a connection table therefrom; and based on said connection table, routing said commands from said connection manager to switch card elements in said switching nodes to carry out said requests.
- 2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said commands are routed from said connection manager to said switch card elements through an abstraction layer in said connection manager.
- 3. The method according to claim 2 wherein said connection table is generated from switch card related information stored in registers in switching card fabric software.
- 4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said connection requests include connection related commands.
- 5. The method according to claim 4 wherein said connection related commands include: call set-up; call teardown; modify; inquiry, and connection maintenance such as loopback tests.
- 6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said connection requests include configuration related requests.
- 7. The method according to claim 1 wherein said connection table includes input and output port information.
- 8. The method according to claim 1 wherein said switch card elements support multiple configuration tables.
- 9. A system for managing switch connections at a switching node in a communications network, said system comprising:
means for receiving connection specific requests from a higher level application; a connection manager for processing said connection specific requests and generating a connection table which maps external ports to an internal switching matrix for use in routing said requests; and switch card elements for receiving routing information and carrying out connection requests.
- 10. The system as defined in claim 9 wherein said connection manager has an abstraction layer to provide an interface to said switch card elements.
- 11. The system as defined in claim 9 wherein said switch card elements are card specific drivers.
- 12. The system as defined in claim 9 wherein said connection tables include card related information downloaded from switch fabric card on system initialization.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This invention claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/273,645 filed Mar. 7, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60273645 |
Mar 2001 |
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