Telecommunications system, method of configuring same and operating a telecommunications system

• US 20050245255A1
• Filed: 03/16/2005
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tenovis GmbH & Company KG (Avaya Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Tenovis GmbH & Company KG (Avaya Incorporated)
• Inventors: Rodewald, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 7,616,952 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/428
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13034 A/D conversion, code compression/expansion
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13039 Asymmetrical two-way transmission, e.g. ADSL, HDSL
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13107 Control equipment for a part of the connection, distributed control, co-processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13202 Network termination [NT]
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1322 PBX
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13298 Local loop systems, access network
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13384 Inter-PBX traffic, PBX networks, e.g. corporate networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/62 for connecting to private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A telecommunication system has a multiplicity of clients each with a multiplicity of subscribers connected by an access device to a long-distance network with a telecommunication apparatus for exchange (PDX). According to the invention between that network and the access device a wireless stretch is formed which can include a satellite link, a UMTS link, a WLAM link or WMAN link.

Claims

1. A telecommunications system comprising:

a telecommunications equipment;

a multiplicity of telecommunication terminal devices connected to said equipment

a respective access device connected to at least one of said telecommunication terminal devices and to said equipment via a long-distance transmission network; and

a wireless communication link in said transmission network.

2. The telecommunications system defined in claim 1 wherein the wireless communication link comprises a satellite link.

3. The telecommunications system defined in claim 1 wherein the wireless communication link comprises a UMTS link.

4. The telecommunications system defined in claim 1 wherein the wireless communication link comprises a WLAN link for small distances or a WMAN link for intermediate distances.

5. The telecommunications system defined in claim 1, claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the telecommunications equipment includes a radio transmitter connected to the telecommunications network.

6. The telecommunications system defined in claim 1, claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4 wherein the telecommunications equipment includes a radio receiver integrated in the access device.

7. The telecommunications system defined in claim 1, claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4 wherein the access device is integrated in a respective one of said terminal devices.

8. The telecommunications system defined in claim 1, claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4 wherein the telecommunications network and the terminal devices are configured to communicate with a private signaling protocol.

9. The telecommunications system defined in claim 1, claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4, configured for use by a number of customers independently of one another.

10. A method of configuring a telecommunications system comprised of:

a telecommunications equipment;

a multiplicity of telecommunication terminal devices connected to said equipment; and

a respective access device connected to at least one of said telecommunication terminal devices and to said equipment via a long-distance transmission network including a wireless communication link, said method comprising the steps of;

allocating resources of the telecommunications equipment to wired long-distance transmission paths or directly to wireless transmission paths;

assigning the long-distance transmission paths to wireless transmission paths;

assigning a respective wireless transmission path or respective wired long-distance transmission path to the respective access device; and

assigning a respective access device to the respective terminal device.

11. A method of operating a telecommunications system comprising:

a telecommunications equipment;

a multiplicity of telecommunication terminal devices connected to said equipment;

a respective access device connected to at least one of said telecommunication terminal devices and said equipment via a long-distance network having a wireless communication link, said method comprising the steps of;

switching communications between said telecommunications equipment and said access device at least in part over transmission paths including a wireless transmission path;

receiving a call; and

switching a connection from said telecommunication network to a terminal device through said wireless transmission path.