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Signalling
7.2.2
Dynamic
Paths
A link-scope signalling channel allocates new virtual channel connections based on the avail-
ability of virtual channel connections within the VC-space of the link-scope signalling channel
at that time. A link-scope signalling channel allocates connections in a new originating/termi-
nating path (called a dynamic path, because signalling uses such a path on the fly) when its cur-
rent VC-space is exhausted.
NOTE
Every time a link-scope signalling channel uses a
new path for allocating connections, its VC-space
increases.
To avoid conflicts of ownership of the path, a link-scope signalling channel never uses an
existing provisioned terminating/originating path (apart from the path that contains the sig-
nalling channel) to allocate virtual channel connections.
Dynamic paths inherit the characteristics of the virtual path that contains the signalling chan-
nel (called the containing path). Therefore, dynamic paths have the same VCI-range as the con-
taining path and are elastic paths.
To see which paths are dynamic paths, look at the
Protocol
field associated with each path
under the AMI command
conf
vpt
show
. This field displays
q2931
for dynamic paths and
displays
pvc
for provisioned terminating/originating paths.
A dynamic path is controlled only by the link-scope signalling channel that uses it. Therefore,
a dynamic path is not open to any provisioning such as the creation of a PVC connection,
SPANS signalling path, etc.
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