Telephone system, associated exchange, and transmission control method
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, a telephone system which realizes voice communication by using a packet network comprises an exchange which accommodates a telephone terminal as its extension and a call processing server which processes calls on the packet network. The exchange comprises a first trunk connected to the packet network, a second trunk connected to a public network having a different protocol from that of the packet network, a monitoring module which monitors the call processing server, and when a failure occurs in the call processing server, deactivates the first trunk, and a call control module which transfers a transmission request which is made from the telephone terminal to the packet network to the second trunk when the transmission request is made and performs a detour transmission to the public network in a status where the first trunk is inactive.
1. A telephone system which realizes voice communication by using a packet network being an Internet Protocol network, comprising:
an exchange which accommodates a telephone terminal as its extension; and
call processing servers which process calls on the packet network by means of Session Initiation Protocol, wherein
the exchange comprises:
a first trunk connected to the packet network;
a second trunk connected to a public network having a different protocol from that of the packet network;
a server status management table configured to be used to register the status of the call processing servers;
a trunk status management table configured to be used to manage the status of the first trunk;
a monitoring module which monitors the call processing servers, registers the result of a monitoring in the server status management table, and when failures occur in all call processing servers, deactivates the first trunk, the monitoring module periodically transmits inquiry messages to the call processing servers, and if no response to the inquiry message is returned, deactivates the first trunk; and
a call control module which acquires the status of the first trunk from the trunk status management table when a transmission request is arrived from the telephone terminal, transfers the transmission request to the second trunk and performs a detour transmission to the public network when the first trunk is inactive.
2. The telephone system according to claim 1 , wherein
the inquiry message is an “OPTIONS” message defined by SIP.
3. The telephone system according to claim 1 , wherein
the monitoring module broadcasts inquiry messages to the call processing servers.
4. An exchange which is provided for a telephone system realizing voice communication using a packet network being an Internet Protocol network by means of call processing servers for processing calls on the packet network in accordance with Session Initiation Protocol and which accommodates a telephone terminal as an extension, comprising:
a first trunk connected to the packet network;
a second trunk connected to a public network having a different protocol from that of the packet network;
a server status management table configured to be used to register the status of the call processing servers;
a trunk status management table configured to be used to manage the status of the first trunk;
a monitoring module which monitors the call processing servers, registers the result of a monitoring in the server status management table, and when failures occur in all call processing servers, deactivates the first trunk, the monitoring module periodically transmits inquiry messages to the call processing servers, and if no response to the inquiry message is returned, deactivates the first trunk; and
a call control module which acquires the status of the first trunk from the trunk status management table when a transmission request is arrived from the telephone terminal, transfers the transmission request to the second trunk and performs a detour transmission to the public network when the first trunk is inactive.
5. The exchange according to claim 4 , wherein the inquiry message is an “OPTIONS” message defined by SIP.
6. The exchange according to claim 4 , wherein
the monitoring module broadcasts inquiry messages to the call processing servers.
7. A Transmission control method of an exchange which comprises a first trunk connected to a packet network being an Internet Protocol network and a second trunk connected to a public network having a different protocol from that of the packet network, comprising:
periodically transmitting inquiry messages to at least one call processing server and closing the first trunk, if no response to the inquiry message is returned;
monitoring call processing servers provided with the packet network, the call processing servers process calls by means of Session Initiation Protocol;
registering the result of the monitoring in a server status management table;
deactivating the first trunk and registering the fact in a trunk status management table when the fact that failures occur in all call processing servers is registered in the server status management table;
acquiring the status of the first trunk from the trunk status management table when a transmission request is arrived from the telephone terminal;
transferring the transmission request to the second trunk and performing a detour transmission to the public network when the first trunk is inactive
periodically transmitting inquiry messages to the call processing server; and
closing the first trunk, if no response to the inquiry message is returned.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the inquiry message is an “OPTIONS” message defined by SIP.
9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein
the inquiry message is broadcasted to the call processing servers.