Least Cost Routing

System Feature	Description (See also the description for LEAST COST ROUTING)
Definition	Least Cost Routing allows the system to select the most economical route for an outgoing public call. Least Cost Routing performs analysis of the dialed number including the Least Cost Routing access code and attempts to route the call over the most economic available route at any time based on the following: External line availability User’s Routing CoS User’s Trunk Call Discrimination CoS. Time of Day: A function that allows the system to make the selection of the most economical route for an outgoing call depending on the time of day and the weekday. Thereby it is always possible to select the most economical route even if the cost relations between the different routes vary with the time of day and the weekdays. On/Off Hook Queuing: Off hook queuing is initiated automatically by the PBX, while on hook queuing is invoked manually, like Callback. Transit Network Selection: Expensive route warning tone. A special tone is returned to the calling party when a call is overflowed to an alternative route which is marked as expensive.
Settings	The Least Cost Routing tables are set up by the administrator.
Procedure and function	-

System Feature

Description

(See also the description for LEAST COST ROUTING)

Definition

Least Cost Routing allows the system to select the most economical route for an outgoing public call. Least Cost Routing performs analysis of the dialed number including the Least Cost Routing access code and attempts to route the call over the most economic available route at any time based on the following:

External line availability
User’s Routing CoS
User’s Trunk Call Discrimination CoS.

Time of Day: A function that allows the system to make the selection of the most economical route for an outgoing call depending on the time of day and the weekday. Thereby it is always possible to select the most economical route even if the cost relations between the different routes vary with the time of day and the weekdays.

On/Off Hook Queuing: Off hook queuing is initiated automatically by the PBX, while on hook queuing is invoked manually, like Callback.

Transit Network Selection: Expensive route warning tone. A special tone is returned to the calling party when a call is overflowed to an alternative route which is marked as expensive.

Settings

The Least Cost Routing tables are set up by the administrator.

Procedure and function

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