Resource-decoupled architecture for a telecommunications switching system
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:
- first circuit means for providing physical terminations for communication facilities and for converting the data on the communication facilities to channelized data;
second circuit means comprising digital signal processing resources for providing protocol conversion channel services and message multiplexing of the channelized data;
a channel switch connected between the first and second circuit means for passing channelized data therebetween;
third circuit means for providing system control and call processing resources to the telecommunications system; and
a frame transport system for passing data between the second and third circuit means comprising a frame switch having a plurality of ports, the switch being adapted to route a message between any two of its ports in accordance with routing information contained in the message.
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Abstract
The invention provides a telecommunications system exhibiting an architecture having a plurality of functional levels decoupled from one another by data transport systems. The communication facilities connected to the periphery of the system are terminated at the physical level only and the data is channelized for transmission through a channel switch to a first level of processing that provides channel services. The data is then multiplexed and transmitted to system and call processing resources via a frame transport system.
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:
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first circuit means for providing physical terminations for communication facilities and for converting the data on the communication facilities to channelized data; second circuit means comprising digital signal processing resources for providing protocol conversion channel services and message multiplexing of the channelized data; a channel switch connected between the first and second circuit means for passing channelized data therebetween; third circuit means for providing system control and call processing resources to the telecommunications system; and a frame transport system for passing data between the second and third circuit means comprising a frame switch having a plurality of ports, the switch being adapted to route a message between any two of its ports in accordance with routing information contained in the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A telecommunications switching system comprising:
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a frame switch having a plurality of ports, the switch being adapted to route a message between any two of its ports in accordance with routing information contained in the message; a plurality of processors each one being accessible via a port on the frame switch;
one of the processors being suitably programmed to control the operation of the switching system and another one being suitably programmed to process telephone calls;a channel switch adapted to receive channelized data and switch the data between predetermined ones of its input and output ports under control of one of the processors; an interface circuit for connection to a plurality of communication facilities and for formatting the information on the communication facilities into channelized data compatible with the channel switch; a transducer circuit connected between predetermined ports of the channel switch and at least one port of the frame switch for formatting the channelized data from the channel switch into packetized data compatible with the frame switch and for formatting the packetized data from the frame switch into channelized data compatible with the channel switch. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A telecommunications system comprising, means for connecting the system to transmission facilities carrying data;
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means for interfacing the transmission facilities at he physical level and for channelizing the data on the transmission facilities; a digital signal processing means for providing channel services on the channelized data; means for passing the channelized data between the interfacing and channelizing means to the digital signal processing means, thereby decoupling one from the other; circuit means for providing system control and call processing resources; and means for connecting the digital signal processing means to the circuit means for providing system control and call processing resources comprising a frame switch having a plurality of ports, the switch being adapted to route a message between any two of its ports in accordance with routing information contained in the message. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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