Environmentally-hardened ATM network
First Claim
1. A communications system for communicating between points of presence and customer premises comprising:
- a plurality of ATM nodes, first connection means for connecting said ATM nodes to said customer premises, second connection means for connecting said ATM nodes to said points of presence, a plurality of transports connecting said ATM nodes in an ATM network having a mesh architecture, control means for controlling the routing of data among said ATM nodes to enable the transport of information between said points of presence and said customer premises.
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Abstract
A communications system for servicing customers with broadband services using equipment deployed in the region near the network edge, that is, is close to or at the customer. The communications system communicates between points of presence and customer premises using a plurality of ATM nodes connected to the customer premises and to the points of presence. A plurality of transports connect the ATM nodes in an ATM network. The ATM network is controlled to route data among the ATM nodes. The ATM network preferable has a mesh architecture that adds backhaul redundancy and bandwith. Remote digital subscriber line access multiplexer (R-DSLAMs) connect to the established access points for customer premises in parallel with the established backhaul transport and/or the R-DSLAMs connect to a different remote office or other locations in communications networks.
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41 Claims
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1. A communications system for communicating between points of presence and customer premises comprising:
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a plurality of ATM nodes, first connection means for connecting said ATM nodes to said customer premises, second connection means for connecting said ATM nodes to said points of presence, a plurality of transports connecting said ATM nodes in an ATM network having a mesh architecture, control means for controlling the routing of data among said ATM nodes to enable the transport of information between said points of presence and said customer premises. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. The communications system of claim operating for servicing said customer premises where said customer premises are connected to access points and use an established backhaul transport to an office wherein,
said first connection means includes, one or more remote digital subscriber line access multiplexers, access connecting means for connecting said access multiplexers to said access points, and wherein, said ATM network forms an alternate backhaul transport for connecting said access multiplexers to provide broadband services to said customer premises.
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18. In a communications system for communications between points of presence and customer premises, a method comprising:
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7'"'"'enabling a plurality of transports to connect a plurality of ATM nodes in an ATM network, connecting said communications between said ATM nodes and said customer premises, connecting said communications between said ATM nodes and said points of presence, controlling the routing of communications among said ATM nodes to enable the transport of said communications between said points of presence and said customer premises. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A communications system for servicing customer premises connected to access points and connected over an established backhaul transport to an office comprising:
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an access network formed of one or more environmentally-hardened remote digital subscriber line access multiplexers in pole-mountable enclosures and a plurality of access wireless transports connecting said access multiplexers, access connecting means for connecting said access multiplexers to said access points, a mesh network forming a backhaul transport for connecting said access multiplexers to provide broadband services to said mesh network including a plurality of ATM nodes connected by a plurality of node wireless transports using a mesh architecture and having redundant connections, a plurality of inter-network wireless transports connecting said access network to said mesh network. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A communications system for servicing customers connected to access points and using an established backhaul transport to an office comprising:
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one or more all-weather, environmentally-hardened, remote digital subscriber line access multiplexers in pole-mountable enclosures, access connecting means for connecting said access multiplexers to said access points, an alternate backhaul transport for connecting said access multiplexers to provide broadband services to said customers wherein said alternate backhaul transport includes, a plurality of ATM switches in pole-mountable enclosures connected by a plurality of switch wireless transports to form an ATM network having redundant connections, control means to determine the quality of communications over said switch wireless transports and to establish routing in said ATM network based upon said quality, a plurality of second wireless transports connecting said access multiplexers to form an access network having redundant connections, a plurality of inter-network wireless transports connecting said access network to said mesh network.
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Specification