Deployment processes for new technology systems

• US 20050129218A1
• Filed: 03/05/2004
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Positron Access Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Positron Access Solutions Incorporated
• Inventors: Tsatsanis, Michail, Kimble, Bruce
• Granted Patent: US 7,535,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/325
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/32 Reducing cross-talk, e.g. by compensating
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/487 Testing crosstalk effects

Abstract

A method and apparatus for deploying new technology such as MIMO transmission technology in a geographically distributed network such as a telecommunications network is provided. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of installing new technology in an existing geographically distributed network. The method includes dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the new technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network. The method also includes installing a component for the new technology at a centralized network facility of the geographically distributed network. Moreover, the method includes coupling the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the component. The method may further include installing subscriber equipment at subscriber sites. The new technology may be MIMO transmission technology.

Claims

1. A method of installing new technology in an existing geographically distributed network, comprising:

dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the new technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network;

installing a component for the new technology at a centralized network facility of the geographically distributed network; and

coupling the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the component.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the new technology is MIMO transmission and the component is a MIMO transceiver.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the dedicated network resources include a dedicated portion of a previously existing interconnect at the centralized network facility of the geographically distributed network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the dedicated network resources further include a set of previously existing binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted pairs of copper wire.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the dedicated network resources further include a set of binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted pairs of copper wire.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a request from a subscriber for the new technology.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to the subscriber.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a subscriber includes;

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a local interconnect, and

coupling a subscriber twisted pair to the local interconnect such that the subscriber twisted pair is coupled to the subset of the dedicated network resources.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

installing subscriber equipment for the new technology at a site used by the subscriber.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

coupling the subscriber twisted pair to the subscriber equipment.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request from a subscriber for the new technology.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

installing subscriber equipment for the new technology.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the subscriber equipment.

86. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the new technology is spectral shaping.

87. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the new technology is dynamic spectral balancing.

88. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the new technology is dynamic spectrum management.

14. A telecommunications system, comprising:

a set of distributed twisted pair copper lines;

a first set of binders, each binder of the first set of binders including a plurality of twisted pair copper lines;

a first interconnect, the first interconnect having a set of couplings, twisted pairs of copper lines of the set of distributed twisted pair copper lines coupled to couplings of the set of couplings of the first interconnect, twisted pairs of the binders of the first set of binders coupled to couplings of the set of couplings of the first interconnect;

a second interconnect, the second interconnect having a set of couplings, twisted pairs of the binders of the first set of binders coupled to couplings of the set of couplings of the second interconnect, telecommunications equipment coupled to the couplings of the set of couplings of the second interconnect;

a second set of one or more binders, each binder of the second set of binders including a plurality of twisted pair copper lines, each binder of the second set of binders dedicated to a predetermined application, twisted pairs of the binders of the second set of binders coupled to couplings of the set of couplings of the first interconnect, twisted pairs of the binders of the second set of binders coupled to dedicated couplings of the set of couplings of the second interconnect, the dedicated couplings of the set of couplings of the second interconnect coupled to equipment for the predetermined application.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein:

the predetermined application is MIMO data transmission.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein:

the equipment coupled to the dedicated couplings of the set of couplings of the second interconnect is MIMO transceiver equipment.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the distributed twisted pairs coupled to the second set of binders are all dedicated to a single facility.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the distributed twisted pairs coupled to the second set of binders each connect to separate facilities.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the distributed twisted pairs coupled to the second set of binders each couple to subscriber MIMO equipment.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein:

some of the distributed twisted pairs coupled to the second set of binders couple to subscriber MIMO equipment.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the second interconnect is located at a central office facility.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein:

the MIMO transceiver equipment is located at the central office facility.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the first interconnect is located at a local distribution facility.

24. A method of installing new technology at a central office in an existing geographically distributed network, comprising:

dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the new technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network, the dedicated network resources including a dedicated portion of a previously existing interconnect at the central office and a set of binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted pairs of copper wire, each binder of the set of binders suitable to be coupled to the interconnect;

installing a component for the new technology at a centralized network facility of the geographically distributed network; and

coupling the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the component.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein:

the new technology is MIMO transmission and the component is a MIMO transceiver.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein:

the set of binders are drawn from a set of previously existing binders.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

receiving a request from a subscriber for the new technology.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to the subscriber.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising:

installing subscriber equipment for the new technology at a site used by the subscriber.

30. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

receiving a request from a subscriber for the new technology.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

installing subscriber equipment for the new technology.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the subscriber equipment.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a subscriber includes;

coupling a first binder of the dedicated network resources to a local interconnect, and

coupling a subscriber twisted pair to the local interconnect such that the subscriber twisted pair is coupled to the first binder of the dedicated network resources.

34. A telecommunications system, comprising:

a first set of binders, each binder of the first set of binders including a plurality of twisted pair copper lines;

an interconnect, the interconnect having a set of couplings, twisted pairs of the binders of the first set of binders coupled to couplings of the set of couplings of the interconnect, telecommunications equipment coupled to the couplings of the set of couplings of the interconnect;

a second set of one or more binders, each binder of the second set of binders including a plurality of twisted pair copper lines, each binder of the second set of binders dedicated to a predetermined application, twisted pairs of the binders of the second set of binders coupled to dedicated couplings of the set of couplings of the interconnect, the dedicated couplings of the set of couplings of the interconnect coupled to equipment for the predetermined application.

35. The system of claim 34, further comprising:

telecommunications switching equipment coupled to the couplings of the set of couplings.

36. The system of claim 34, further comprising:

DSL equipment coupled to the couplings of the set of couplings.

37. The system of claim 34, further comprising:

T1 equipment coupled to the couplings of the set of couplings.

38. The system of claim 34, wherein:

the equipment for the predetermined application is MIMO equipment.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein:

the interconnect and MIMO equipment are located at a central office facility.

40. The system of claim 38, wherein:

the second set of binders are all dedicated to a single facility.

41. The system of claim 38, wherein:

the second set of binders each are coupled to separate facilities.

42. The system of claim 38, wherein:

the second set of binders each couple to subscriber MIMO equipment.

43. The system of claim 38, wherein:

some of the binders of the second set of binders couple to subscriber MIMO equipment.

44. The system of claim 34, wherein:

binders of the first set of binders and at least one binder of the second set of binders are coupled to a local distribution facility.

45. A telecommunications system, comprising:

a set of distributed twisted pair copper lines;

an interconnect, the interconnect having a set of couplings, twisted pairs of copper lines of the set of distributed twisted pair copper lines coupled to couplings of the set of couplings;

a first set of binders, each binder of the first set of binders including a plurality of twisted pair copper lines, twisted pairs of the binders of the first set of binders coupled to couplings of the set of couplings;

a second set of one or more binders, each binder of the second set of binders including a plurality of twisted pair copper lines, each binder of the second set of binders dedicated to a predetermined application, twisted pairs of the binders of the second set of binders coupled to couplings of the set of couplings.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein:

the distributed twisted pairs coupled to the second set of binders are all dedicated to a single facility.

47. The system of claim 45, wherein:

the distributed twisted pairs coupled to the second set of binders each connect to separate facilities.

48. The system of claim 45, wherein:

the predetermined application is MIMO data transmission.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein:

the binders of the second set of binders are coupled to MIMO transceiver equipment.

50. The system of claim 48, wherein:

the distributed twisted pairs coupled to the second set of binders each couple to subscriber MIMO equipment.

51. The system of claim 48, wherein:

some of the distributed twisted pairs coupled to the second set of binders couple to subscriber MIMO equipment.

52. The system of claim 45, wherein:

the first interconnect is located at a local distribution facility.

53. The system of claim 49, wherein:

the MIMO transceiver equipment is located at a central office facility.

54. A method of installing new technology in an existing geographically distributed network, comprising:

receiving a request for new technology for the geographically distributed network;

installing a component for the new technology at a centralized network facility of the geographically distributed network; and

coupling dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the component.

55. The method of claim 54, further comprising:

dedicating network resources for the new technology.

56. The method of claim 54, further comprising:

installing subscriber equipment for the new technology.

57. The method of claim 56, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to the subscriber equipment.

58. The method of claim 55, wherein:

the new technology is MIMO transmission and the component is a MIMO transceiver.

59. The method of claim 58, wherein:

the network resources include a set of previously existing binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted pairs of copper wire.

60. The method of claim 59, wherein:

the network resources further include a dedicated portion of a previously existing interconnect.

61. The method of claim 60, further comprising:

coupling the dedicated network resources to a subscriber.

62. The method of claim 61, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a subscriber includes;

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a local interconnect, and

coupling a subscriber twisted pair to the local interconnect such that the subscriber twisted pair is coupled to the subset of the dedicated network resources.

63. The method of claim 62, further comprising:

installing subscriber equipment for the new technology.

64. The method of claim 63, further comprising:

coupling the subscriber twisted pair to the subscriber equipment.

65. The method of claim 58, wherein:

the network resources include a set of binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted pairs of copper wire.

66. A method of installing new technology at a local facility in an existing geographically distributed network, comprising:

dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the new technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network, the dedicated network resources including a set of binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted pairs of copper wire; and

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to an interconnect of the local facility.

67. The method of claim 66, wherein:

the new technology is MIMO transmission.

68. The method of claim 67, wherein:

the dedicated network resources further include a set of previously existing binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted pairs of copper wire.

69. The method of claim 67, wherein:

the set of binders include a set of previously existing binders.

70. The method of claim 67, further comprising:

receiving a request from a subscriber for the new technology.

71. The method of claim 70, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to the subscriber.

72. The method of claim 71, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a subscriber includes;

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a local interconnect, and

coupling a subscriber twisted pair to the local interconnect such that the subscriber twisted pair is coupled to the subset of the dedicated network resources.

73. The method of claim 72, further comprising:

installing subscriber equipment for the new technology at a site used by the subscriber.

74. The method of claim 73, further comprising:

coupling the subscriber twisted pair to the subscriber equipment.

75. The method of claim 66, further comprising:

receiving a request from a subscriber for the new technology.

76. The method of claim 75, further comprising:

installing subscriber equipment for the new technology.

77. The method of claim 76, further comprising:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the subscriber equipment.

78. The method of claim 77, wherein:

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to the subscriber equipment includes;

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a local interconnect, and

coupling a subscriber twisted pair to the local interconnect such that the subscriber twisted pair is coupled to the subset of the dedicated network resources; and

wherein;

installing subscriber equipment includes coupling the subscriber equipment to the subscriber twisted pair.

79. A method of installing MIMO technology in an existing geographically distributed network, comprising:

dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the MIMO technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network;

installing a MIMO transceiver for the new technology at a centralized network facility of the geographically distributed network; and

coupling the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the MIMO transceiver.

80. A method of installing MIMO technology at a central office in an existing geographically distributed network, comprising:

dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the MIMO technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network, the dedicated network resources including a dedicated portion of a previously existing interconnect at the central office and a set of binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted pairs of copper wire, each binder of the set of binders suitable to be coupled to the interconnect;

installing a MIMO transceiver for the new technology at the central office; and

coupling the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the MIMO transceiver.

81. A method of installing MIMO technology at a local facility in an existing geographically distributed network, comprising:

dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the new technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network; and

coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to an interconnect of the local facility.

82. A telecommunications system, comprising:

means for distributing signals to subscribers;

first means for distributing sets of signals within a telecommunications network;

means for bridging between the means for distributing signals and the first means for distributing sets of signals;

means for bridging to the first means for distributing sets of signals; and

second means for distributing sets of signals within a telecommunications network, the second means for distributing sets of signals dedicated to a new technology, the means for bridging to the first means for distributing sets of signals also for bridging to the second means for distributing sets of signals, the means for bridging between the means for distributing and the first means for distributing sets of signals also for bridging between the means for distributing and the second means for distributing sets of signals.

83. The telecommunication system of claim 82, further comprising:

means for implementing the new technology coupled to the means for bridging to the first means for distributing sets of signals.

84. The telecommunication system of claim 83, wherein:

the new technology is MIMO transmission.

85. A method of installing MIMO technology in an existing geographically distributed network, comprising:

first, dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the MIMO technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network;

second, installing a MIMO transceiver for the new technology at a centralized network facility of the geographically distributed network; and

third, coupling the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the MIMO transceiver.