TDM backplane stream resource distribution system
First Claim
1. A digital communications system for coupling a plurality of digital communication devices to a central office comprising:
- a backplane;
a trunk card device coupled to Digital Subscriber (DS) channels and further coupled to a first trunk group of streams and a second trunk group of streams, said first and second trunk streams for transferring modem information to and from said DS channels through said backplane; and
at least one modem card device having a predetermined number of modem units, said at least one modem card device coupled through a first modem group of streams and a second modem group of streams to said backplane for transferring modem information through said backplane to said DS channels, said at least one modem card device for controlling said predetermined number of modem units to transfer modem information between said modem units and said DS channels through said backplane, wherein said modem units are dynamically allocated to transfer information, through said backplane, to said first and second trunk group of streams so as to maximize utilization of all of the modem units.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed to include a router system having a trunk feature card and at least one modem feature card for transferring communication information between the modem feature cards through a TDM backplane, to the trunk card, for transfer thereof to Digital Subscriber (DS) lines, the router and modem cards while co-existing within the same router system, having no knowledge of the characteristics of each other with many different combinations of such trunk and modem cards being employed by the router system. The router system accommodating “over-subscription” situations wherein the number of DS lines is less than the number of modems and initialization the system such as to maximize the utility of the DS lines as a function of the type of modem cards in the system.
20 Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A digital communications system for coupling a plurality of digital communication devices to a central office comprising:
-
a backplane;
a trunk card device coupled to Digital Subscriber (DS) channels and further coupled to a first trunk group of streams and a second trunk group of streams, said first and second trunk streams for transferring modem information to and from said DS channels through said backplane; and
at least one modem card device having a predetermined number of modem units, said at least one modem card device coupled through a first modem group of streams and a second modem group of streams to said backplane for transferring modem information through said backplane to said DS channels, said at least one modem card device for controlling said predetermined number of modem units to transfer modem information between said modem units and said DS channels through said backplane, wherein said modem units are dynamically allocated to transfer information, through said backplane, to said first and second trunk group of streams so as to maximize utilization of all of the modem units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A method for use in a digital communications system for selectively coupling a plurality of digital communication devices to a central office, the digital communication system including a backplane, a trunk card device coupled to Digital Subscriber (DS) channels and further coupled to a first trunk group of streams and a second trunk group of streams for transferring modem information to and from said DS channels through said backplane, at least one modem card device coupled through a first modem group of streams and a second modem group of streams to said backplane for transferring modem information through said backplane to said DS channels, each modem card for controlling a predetermined number of modem units to transfer modem information between said modem units and said DS channels through said backplane, the method comprising:
-
providing a first modem card device and a second modem card device;
upon initialization of the digital system, detecting the type of trunk card in the digital system;
determining which type of modem device is the first modem card device;
determining which type of modem device is the second modem card device; and
based upon the type of trunk card detected and the determination of the type of device the first modem device is, selectively coupling the trunk card to the first and second modem cards so as to fully utilize all of the modem units accessible to the first and second modem cards. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
-
Specification