Low cost ISDN/pots service using ATM
First Claim
1. A method of providing broadband communication services to a subscriber comprising:
- (a) providing first broadband services from a central office via an ATM link to a neighborhood pedestal system, (b) providing time division multiplex (TDM services including voice communication services from said central office via a TDM link to said neighborhood pedestal system, (c) providing a SONET-ATM communication link from said neighborhood pedestal system over two unshielded pair of twisted wires to a user-to-network interface UNI) at a subscriber locations, and (d) providing ATM services over said SONET-ATM communication link and providing integrated services digital network (ISDN) or voice services within a SONET-ATM data frame using timing of said SONET-ATM communication link, to the UNI, whereby ATM ISDM and voice services are provided between said neighborhood pedestal system and said subscriber location over said unshielded wires, said SONET-ATM data frame being comprised of a repeating frame structure comprised of overhead data and payload data, said method including providing said ISDN or voice services within the overhead data and ATM services within the payload data.
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Abstract
A method of providing broadband communication services to a subscriber comprised of providing first broadband services from a central office via an ATM link to a neighborhood pedestal system, providing time division multiplex (TDM) services including voice communication services from the central office via a TDM link to the neighborhood pedestal system, providing a SONET-ATM communication link from the neighborhood pedestal system over two unshielded pair of twisted wires to a user-to-network interface (UNI) at a subscriber location, and providing ATM services over the SONET-ATM communication link and providing integrated services digital network (ISDN) or voice services within a SONET-ATM data frame using timing of the SONET-ATM communication link, to the UNI, whereby ATM, ISDN and voice services are provided between the neighborhood pedestal system and the subscriber location over the unshielded wires.
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5 Claims
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1. A method of providing broadband communication services to a subscriber comprising:
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(a) providing first broadband services from a central office via an ATM link to a neighborhood pedestal system, (b) providing time division multiplex (TDM services including voice communication services from said central office via a TDM link to said neighborhood pedestal system, (c) providing a SONET-ATM communication link from said neighborhood pedestal system over two unshielded pair of twisted wires to a user-to-network interface UNI) at a subscriber locations, and (d) providing ATM services over said SONET-ATM communication link and providing integrated services digital network (ISDN) or voice services within a SONET-ATM data frame using timing of said SONET-ATM communication link, to the UNI, whereby ATM ISDM and voice services are provided between said neighborhood pedestal system and said subscriber location over said unshielded wires, said SONET-ATM data frame being comprised of a repeating frame structure comprised of overhead data and payload data, said method including providing said ISDN or voice services within the overhead data and ATM services within the payload data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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