Hybrid fiber twisted pair local loop network service architecture
First Claim
1. A communications architecture comprising:
- at least one customer premises equipment interface device coupled to a digital subscriber line modem, 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 interfacing with a plurality of different networks including a packet data network via a digital optical ring 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, a digital loop carrier within the facilities management platform capable of transmitting the voice signals to the public switched telephone network and receiving voice signals from the 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.
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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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32 Claims
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1. A communications architecture comprising:
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at least one customer premises equipment interface device coupled to a digital subscriber line modem, 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 interfacing with a plurality of different networks including a packet data network via a digital optical ring 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, a digital loop carrier within the facilities management platform capable of transmitting the voice signals to the public switched telephone network and receiving voice signals from the 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
at least one line card; and
means for directly routing analog voice signals to the at least one line card.
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16. The communication architecture of claim 15, wherein the at least one line card is configured to convert the analog voice signals to digital format for transmission over a network.
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17. The communication architecture of claim 1, wherein the router is configured to transmit the data packet signals and the voice signals over a high speed backbone network.
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18. A communications architecture comprising:
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at least one customer premises equipment interface device coupled to a digital subscriber line modem, the interface device being connected to one end of a single twisted cable pair, and being capable of multiplexing and demultiplexing signals, a main distributing frame connected to another end of said single twisted cable pair for terminating a plurality of twisted cable pairs, the main distributing frame providing cross connection between said customer premises interface device and a facilities management platform, the facilities management platform capable of separating voice signals from data packet signals and connected to the other end of said single twisted cable pair via said main distributing frame, the facilities management platform for interfacing with a plurality of different networks including a packet data network and a public switched telephone network via a digital optical ring 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 said public switched telephone network, a digital loop carrier within the facilities management platform capable of transmitting the voice signals to the public switched telephone network and receiving voice signals from the 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. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
at least one line card; and
means for directly routing analog voice signals to the at least one line card.
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24. The communication architecture of claim 23, wherein the at least one line card is configured to convert the analog voice signals to digital format.
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25. The communication architecture of claim 18, wherein the router is configured to transmit the data packet signals and the voice signals over a high speed backbone network.
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26. In a communication architecture comprising at least one customer premises equipment interface device coupled to a digital subscriber line modem, 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 interfacing with a plurality of different networks including a packet data network via a digital optical ring 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 via said digital optical ring network for providing system management to the facilities management platform, a method of providing simultaneous communications over said single twisted cable pair comprising the steps of
receiving a request for one of a voice or packet data service over said single twisted cable pair at one of said facilities management platform or said customer premises interface device, permitting said one service over said single twisted cable pair, receiving a second request for one of a voice or packet data service over said single twisted cable pair at one of said facilities management platform or said customer premises interface device and multiplexing signals associated with said first and second services over said single twisted cable pair resulting in both said services being received simultaneously by at least one user of said architecture, said signals being intelligently multiplexed such that an available bandwidth of said single twisted pair is maximized.
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