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Abstract

In a telecommunication network, a DATA ACCESS POINT (DAP) database is used to route traffic between originating calling stations and terminating called stations for special service processing calls. The traffic or routing data are collected and converted by a traffic statistics processor into statistics data. The statistics data are provided to the management of the network. Some of the statistics data are converted by an INTEGRATED NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (INMS) compiler processor into reports which may be provided to subscribers of the special call processing service in real time or on a delay basis. If a subscriber has subscribed to the special call processing service on a real time basis, he can update certain parameters of the database to reallocate the percentage of calls to be directed to the different called station staffed by his operators. All of the statistics data are fed to the network management which can update both the parameters in the database and those in the traffic statistics processor to thereby control the traffic data flow throughout the network. This ability to control the data traffic flow within the network allows the network management to implement effective traffic controls, as for example rerouting or blocking calls to certain subscribers who cause a congestion at a certain network switch to prevent other subscribers at that network switch from being affected by such congestion.

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