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Method for updating services in communication networks

a communication network and service technology, applied in the field of communication network service update, can solve the problems of not allowing the software installed on the communication component to be modified, not enough up-to-date, and insufficient software used on the communication components to process useful data, so as to reduce the complexity of the administration of the communication network

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-02-23
SIEMENS AG
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This approach simplifies software management, ensures the latest software is consistently available across the network, reducing administration complexity and enhancing performance by maintaining up-to-date software versions across communication components.

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A further drawback of the known method is that although useful data can be interchanged between communication components there is no guarantee that the software used on the communication components is sufficient for processing the useful data or is sufficiently up-to-date.
In addition, the known method does not allow the software installed on a communication component to be modified.

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[0025]A packet-switching communication network VoIP contains communication components A1-A4, B1-B11 connected to one another.

[0026]The communication components A1-A4, B3-B11 are servents which thus have both client and server functionalities. The communication components B1, B2 are “simple” IP telephones, that is to say communication components with pure client functionality.

[0027]The communication components A1, A4 contain, as a server functionality, gateways which connect the packet-switching communication network VoIP to the circuit-switching communication network ISDN. The gateways installed on the communication components A1 and A4 are situated at various locations and also in different secondary distribution network areas of the circuit-switching communication network ISDN. The gateways permit connections between the communication components A1-A4, B1-B11 in the packet-switching communication network VoIP and the circuit-switching communication system S1, S2, to which ISDN ter...

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A communication network containing components which use and provide services in the communication network, a plurality of components capable of providing the identical service. In one embodiment, one component determines the services provided by other components in the communication network. If the same services are provided by two components, information relating to the output state of the software controlling the services is compared by one of the components. A software update is initialized if the output states differ. If a defined service is activated in a second component by means of a first component, but the service cannot be provided by means of the software of the second component although the second component has the necessary hardware requirements therefore, said service is made available by downloading or updating the software of the second component.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is the US National Stage of International Application No. PCT / DE03 / 01896, filed Jun. 6, 2003 and claims the benefit thereof. The International Application claims the benefits of German application No. 10230690.7 DE filed Jul. 8, 2002, both of the applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]This invention refers to a method for updating services in a communication network.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0003]Communication networks whose components communicate with one another on a packet-switched basis are replacing circuit-switching communication networks to an increasing extent. Such networks are frequently also referred to as Voice over IP (VoIP for short) networks when the Internet protocol (IP) is used for interchanging the audio information provided in the form of data. In this case, the networks may either be used exclusively for transmitting voice data or else for transmittin...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04L29/08H04L29/06
CPCH04L67/16H04L29/06H04L69/329H04L67/51H04L9/40
Inventor NEUHAUS, RALFUECKER, RAINER
Owner SIEMENS AG