Dial-up switching and transmission of broadband communication channels through a local exchange
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1. A telephone exchange for providing broadband dial-up switched connections for broadband customer data terminal equipment(DTE) comprising:
- narrowband transmission channels, broadband transmission channels, and broadband interoffice transmission channels;
means for accepting over one of said narrowband transmission channels a request for broadband service between a customer'"'"'s certain DTE and another DTE supported by another exchange;
means, responsive to said accepting means receiving said request, for automatically controlling the establishment of a broadband connection between one of said broadband transmission channels and said certain DTE;
means for communicating with an interoffice communications network to establish a broadband channel over one of said broadband interoffice transmission channels to said another exchange which supports said another DTE;
means for connecting said one broadband transmission channel and said one broadband interoffice transmission channel to establish a broadband connection through the telephone exchange between said certain DTE and another DTE, thereby permitting broadband communications upon dial-up demand by a customer.
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Abstract
A telephone exchange provides dial-up switched connections for customers'"'"' broadband data terminal equipment (DTE). In response to data received over an associated narrowband channel, the exchange establishes a broadband transmission path to a broadband DTE associated with the narrowband channel. Upon receiving a number for the called party broadband DTE over the narrowband channel, the switch establishes an interoffice broadband channel for communications between the originating and destination DTE.
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1. A telephone exchange for providing broadband dial-up switched connections for broadband customer data terminal equipment(DTE) comprising:
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narrowband transmission channels, broadband transmission channels, and broadband interoffice transmission channels; means for accepting over one of said narrowband transmission channels a request for broadband service between a customer'"'"'s certain DTE and another DTE supported by another exchange; means, responsive to said accepting means receiving said request, for automatically controlling the establishment of a broadband connection between one of said broadband transmission channels and said certain DTE; means for communicating with an interoffice communications network to establish a broadband channel over one of said broadband interoffice transmission channels to said another exchange which supports said another DTE; means for connecting said one broadband transmission channel and said one broadband interoffice transmission channel to establish a broadband connection through the telephone exchange between said certain DTE and another DTE, thereby permitting broadband communications upon dial-up demand by a customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a telephone exchange having a plurality of narrowband transmission channels, broadband transmission channels, and broadband interoffice transmission channels, a method for providing broadband dial-up switched connections for broadband customer data terminal equipment (DTE) comprising the steps of:
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accepting over one of said narrowband transmission channels a request for broadband service between a customer'"'"'s certain DTE and another DTE supported by another exchange; upon receiving a customer request for broadband service, automatically controlling the establishment of a broadband connection between one of said broadband transmission channels and said certain DTE; communicating with an interoffice communications network to establish a broadband channel over one of said broadband interoffice transmission channels to said another exchange which supports said another DTE; connecting said one broadband transmission channel and said one broadband interoffice transmission channel to establish a broadband connection through the telephone exchange between said certain DTE and another DTE, thereby permitting broadband communications upon dial-up demand by a customer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A switching system that provides dial-up broadband connections for customer data terminal equipment (DTE) comprising:
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a telephone exchange; a plurality of broadband communication channels coupled to said exchange; broadband switch coupled to said broadband communication channels and customer DTE'"'"'s; means utilized by customers for sending data over a dial-up line to said telephone exchange requesting a broadband connection from a certain DTE to another broadband DTE in another switching system; control channel coupling said telephone exchange and broadband switch; means responsive to said sending means for transmitting command signals over said control channel from said telephone exchange to said broadband switch, said command signals establishing a connection between one of said broadband communication channels and a certain customer DTE; means of said exchange for communicating with an interoffice communications network to establish an interoffice broadband channel over another of said broadband communication channels to said another system which supports said another DTE; means for connecting said one broadband transmission channel and said another broadband communication channel to establish a broadband connection through the telephone exchange between said certain DTE and another DTE, thereby permitting broadband communications upon dial-up demand by a customer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. In a switching system that provides dial-up broadband connections for customer data terminal equipment (DTE), said system including a telephone exchange, a plurality of broadband communication channels coupled to said exchange, and a broadband switch coupling said channels and customer DTE'"'"'s, said method comprising the steps of:
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sending data from a customer to said exchange requesting a broadband connection between a certain DTE and another broadband DTE in another switching system; responsive to said data being sent, transmitting command signals from said exchange to said broadband switch, said command signals establishing a connection between one of said broadband transmission channels and said certain customer DTE; communicating with an interoffice communications network to establish an interoffice broadband channel from said telephone exchange to said another system which supports said another DTE; connecting said one broadband transmission channel and said interoffice broadband channel to establish a broadband connection through the telephone exchange between said certain DTE and another DTE, thereby permitting broadband communications upon dial-up demand by a customer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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