Hybrid fiber twisted pair local loop network service architecture
First Claim
1. In a communication architecture comprising an intelligent services director coupled to at least one customer premises equipment device, the intelligent services director device being connected to one end of a single twisted cable pair, a facilities management platform capable of separating voice signals from data packet signals and connected to another end of said single twisted cable pair, the facilities management platform for interfacing with a plurality of different networks including a packet data network, a router within the facilities management platform for transmitting data packet signals received from customer premises equipment to a packet data communications network simultaneously with transmitting voice signals received from customer premises equipment to a public switched telephone network, and a network server platform coupled to said facilities management platform for providing system management to the facilities management platform, a method of providing communications services over said single twisted cable pair comprising the steps of:
- multiplexing signals associated with first and second communications services over said single twisted cable pair resulting in both said services being received simultaneously by at least one user of said architecture; and
updating programming of the at least one customer premises equipment device by downloading software from the network server platform to at least one of the customer premises equipment devices.
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Abstract
A new architecture capable of utilizing the existing twisted pair interface between customer premises equipment and an associated serving local switching office is used to provide a vast array of new services to customers. Using an intelligent services director (ISD) at the customer services equipment as an interface for the equipment to an existing twisted cable pair and a facilities management platform (FMP) at the serving local switching office as an interface to various networks and service opportunities, new services such as simultaneous, multiple calls (voice analog or digital), facsimile, Internet traffic and other data can be transmitted and received over the twisted cable pair by using digital subscriber loop transmission schemes. The new services include but are not limited to videophone, utility meter reading and monitoring, broadcasting and multicasting. The architecture provides for fault-tolerant, transparent interaction of components and services and supports a variety of standards for each level of the open systems interconnection layers and layers of TCP/IP. The FMP connects electronically or optically to the public switched telephone network, Internet backbone, a private Intranet as well as other possible network connections.
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1. In a communication architecture comprising an intelligent services director coupled to at least one customer premises equipment device, the intelligent services director device being connected to one end of a single twisted cable pair, a facilities management platform capable of separating voice signals from data packet signals and connected to another end of said single twisted cable pair, the facilities management platform for interfacing with a plurality of different networks including a packet data network, a router within the facilities management platform for transmitting data packet signals received from customer premises equipment to a packet data communications network simultaneously with transmitting voice signals received from customer premises equipment to a public switched telephone network, and a network server platform coupled to said facilities management platform for providing system management to the facilities management platform, a method of providing communications services over said single twisted cable pair comprising the steps of:
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multiplexing signals associated with first and second communications services over said single twisted cable pair resulting in both said services being received simultaneously by at least one user of said architecture; and updating programming of the at least one customer premises equipment device by downloading software from the network server platform to at least one of the customer premises equipment devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communications architecture comprising:
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a customer premises equipment interface device coupled to at least one customer premises equipment device, the interface device being connected to one end of a single twisted cable pair, a facilities management platform capable of separating voice signals from data packet signals and connected to another end of said single twisted cable pair, the facilities management platform for transmitting data packet signals received from the at least one customer premises equipment device to a packet data communications network simultaneously with transmitting voice signals received from the at least one customer premises equipment device to a public switched telephone network; and a network server platform coupled to said facilities management platform via said digital optical ring network for providing system management to the facilities management platform, and for updating programming of the at least one customer premises equipment device by downloading software from the network server platform to at least one of the customer premises equipment devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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