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Operation support system for service creation and network provisioning for video dial tone networks

  • US 5,650,994 A
  • Filed: 05/16/1995
  • Issued: 07/22/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communication network for transporting information for subscribers including a plurality of information providers and a plurality of information users, the communication network comprising:

  • a backbone subnetwork capable of providing point-to-point two-way communication for interactive data along assigned virtual paths;

    an access subnetwork for distributing interactive and broadcast information to said information users, comprising;

    (a) a plurality of node hubs, each receiving a consolidated broadcast signal and comprising first means for integrating said received broadcast signal with a corresponding local-source broadcast signal in accordance with first provisioning data and outputting a localized broadcast signal,(b) a plurality of end offices arranged in groups, each of said groups receiving said localized broadcast signal from a corresponding one of said node hubs, each one of said end offices comprising second means for integrating said received localized broadcast signal with interactive data designated for a specified subscriber served by said corresponding end office and being supplied to said one end office by said backbone subnetwork, said second means outputting said designated interactive data on an assigned local transmission path corresponding to said specified subscriber, said integrated localized broadcast signal and said designated interactive data on said assigned local transmission path being output as a local distribution signal generated in accordance with end office provisioning data,(c) means for distributing said local distribution signal including said designated interactive data to terminal devices of said information users served by said one end office, and(d) an access subnetwork controller controlling routing of said integrated localized broadcast signal and said designated interactive data throughout said access subnetwork, said access subnetwork controller assigning said assigned local transmission path in response to a session request and in accordance with access subnetwork provisioning data including said first provisioning data and said end office provisioning data;

    a broadcast subnetwork comprising;

    (1) a broadcast consolidation section for consolidating incoming data streams from respective information providers, in accordance with a translation table, into the consolidated broadcast signal, and(2) fiber optic means for transporting said consolidated broadcast signal to said node hubs;

    a control subnetwork for controlling said transport of said information for said subscribers in accordance with said provisioning of network resources, said control subnetwork outputting control signals to said access subnetwork controller and said backbone subnetwork in response to subscriber service requests; and

    an operational support system, interfaced at least to the control subnetwork, for provisioning network resources in accordance with activation requests from said subscribers to obtain said assigned virtual paths, said first provisioning data, said subnetwork provisioning data, and said translation table.

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