Nortel Networks Remote Gateway 50 - Manual (Page 128)

Page 128 of 258 Alternative Call Routing for Network Bandwidth Management
553-3001-207 Standard 2.00 January 2006
Figure 41 shows a diagram of a typical network where Alternative Call
Routing for NBWM can be used. It illustrates the sequence of events that are
explained in the information following the diagram.
Event number 1 pertains to the originally dialed call that experiences low
bandwidth or unacceptable QoS conditions. Event number 2 pertains to the
alternately routed call.
Figure 41
Example of Alternative Call Routing for NBWM in operation
There are multiple choices of alternate routes provided for the overflowed
calls. Network administrators who do not want calls to be blocked, but have
a limited amount of bandwidth available, want to overflow calls to
conventional trunks, (Public Switched Telephone Network [PSTN] or TIE/
Meridian Customer Defined Network [MCDN]). This feature allows calls to
be routed by overflowing them, trading off the capital cost of WAN
bandwidth against the incremental cost of overflowed calls.
Nortel recommends that this feature be used with DID (Direct Inward Dial)
numbers. This allows calls that are rerouted over the PSTN to ring the
intended telephone directly. It is possible to use this feature without having
DID, so that when the call gets rerouted over the PSTN the call reaches an
attendant console or a specific telephone.