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Abstract

The invention relates to a telecommunication system provided with resources and with software which controls the individual resources and also the manner in which the resources cooperate mutually at a system level. In accordance with the invention, the software is divided into two parts. The first part, called object logic, comprises a number of object units, each of which represents an individual type of resource. Further, each object unit includes operations for controlling its individual resource. An individual type of resource may be used for a number of different purposes. The second part, called control logic, includes a number of control cases. Each control case, in turn, combines a number of object units in a superordinate fashion, to control the mutual cooperation of corresponding resources irrespective of the manner in which an individual object unit is intended to influence its resource. A control case includes a number of control stages, each of which has only one input, at least a first operation, called control stage operation, and at least one output. The control stages of a control case are mutually connected by links, each of which is designed to connect an output of a preceding control stage with the input of a following control stage. The points at which links are connected to the control stages are called potential connection points to which additional control cases, called control case features, can be connected to the control case in which the control stages are present, called the basic control case, for modification of the basic control case.

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First Claim