Integrated access device-resident, robbed in-band time slot mechanism for effecting contemporaneous management of remote digital communication units
First Claim
1. For use with a digital subscriber line (DSL) communication unit that is configured to provide access to plural remote digital communication devices via a telecommunication network, a method of managing operational characteristics of said remote digital communication devices comprising the steps of:
- (a) establishing contemporaneous management communication sessions with said plural remote digital communication devices over robbed in-band digital communication channels of respective time-division-multiplexed (TDM) digital communication links employed by said DSL communication unit to conduct TDM digital communications with said plural remote digital communication devices; and
(b) transporting user commands over said robbed in-band digital communication channels to respectively addressed ones of said remote devices during said contemporaneous management communication sessions.
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Abstract
Hardware and resource usage penalties associated with the conventional remote device management approach of occupying a robbed DS0 channel for only one management session at a time are obviated by programming a multi-digital circuit servicing host site-resident integrated access device to provide for effective simultaneous management of multiple remote digital communication devices by one or more workstations. Although only a single robbed in-band (T1) channel per remote site is used, it is unnecessary to terminate each high speed digital (T1) link with an associated T1 Service Unit and ISDN Service Unit pair at the central office site.
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1. For use with a digital subscriber line (DSL) communication unit that is configured to provide access to plural remote digital communication devices via a telecommunication network, a method of managing operational characteristics of said remote digital communication devices comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing contemporaneous management communication sessions with said plural remote digital communication devices over robbed in-band digital communication channels of respective time-division-multiplexed (TDM) digital communication links employed by said DSL communication unit to conduct TDM digital communications with said plural remote digital communication devices; and
(b) transporting user commands over said robbed in-band digital communication channels to respectively addressed ones of said remote devices during said contemporaneous management communication sessions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. For use with a digital telecommunication network providing digital subscriber line (DSL) service over respective time-division-multiplexed (TDM) digital communication links to a plurality of remote digital communication devices, a method remotely managing one or more operational parameters of said plurality of remote digital communication devices, comprising the steps of:
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(a) interfacing said TDM digital communication links with an integrated access device (IAD) that is configured to provide access to said plurality of remote digital communication devices;
(b) via a user management terminal coupled to said IAD, establishing contemporaneous management communication sessions with said plural remote digital communication devices via robbed in-band digital communication channels of said TDM digital communication links; and
(c) transporting user commands over respective robbed in-band digital communication channels to respectively addressed ones of said remote devices during said contemporaneous management communication sessions. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An arrangement for managing operational characteristics of plural remote digital communication devices via a telecommunication network coupled thereto comprising:
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a digital subscriber line (DSL) communication unit that is configured to provide access to said plural remote digital communication devices via said telecommunication network by way of respective time-division-multiplexed (TDM) digital communication links; and
a communications controller for said DSL communication unit and being operative to cause said DSL communication unit to establish contemporaneous management communication sessions with said plural remote digital communication devices over a robbed in-band digital communication channel of respective ones of said TDM digital communication links. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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