1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a communication network and the handling of service connections in the communication network including an Internet access system and a switching center.
2. Description of Related Art
A strong growth of the traffic volume in the access area to services that are offered by other networks, for example the Internet, is connected with the strong growth of Internet services and other special services. As a result, there is a substantial increase in the demands made of the exchanges forming the access area to these networks.
The situation is additionally intensified in that current exchanges are not dimensioned for the absolute call lengths and distributions of call lengths that mainly occur in the Internet traffic, to the entry nodes of the Internet service providers. Even when there is a slight increase in Internet traffic volume, additional exertions of the Internet access service operators are needed for expanding the capacity of their switching centers in order to maintain the actual voice traffic with the required quality features.