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 coaxial cable;
a facilities management platform arranged to provide integrated voice and data signals from customer premises equipment to at least one network;
a main distributing frame connected to another end of the single coaxial cable to terminate a plurality of different telecommunication wirings, the main distributing frame to provide a connection between the customer premises equipment interface device and the facilities management platform;
a router within the facilities management platform for transmitting integrated voice and data packet signals from customer premises equipment to a network of the at least one 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 the packet data communications 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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43 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 coaxial cable;
a facilities management platform arranged to provide integrated voice and data signals from customer premises equipment to at least one network;
a main distributing frame connected to another end of the single coaxial cable to terminate a plurality of different telecommunication wirings, the main distributing frame to provide a connection between the customer premises equipment interface device and the facilities management platform;
a router within the facilities management platform for transmitting integrated voice and data packet signals from customer premises equipment to a network of the at least one 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 the packet data communications 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, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28)
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20. 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 coaxial cable, which is part of a cable network plant, a facilities management platform capable of separating voice signals from data packet signals and connected to another end of the single coaxial cable, the facilities management platform for interfacing with at least one network, a router within the facilities management platform for transmitting data packet signals received from customer premises equipment to a network of the at least one 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 one of the networks of the at least one network for providing system management to the facilities management platform, a method of providing simultaneous communications over said single coaxial cable comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for one of a voice or packet data service over said single coaxial cable at one of said facilities management platform or said customer premises interface device, permitting said one service over said single coaxial cable pair, receiving a second request for one of a voice or packet data service over said single coaxial cable 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 coaxial cable 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. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A communications architecture comprising:
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a facilities management platform arranged to provide integrated voice and data signals from the custmer premises equipment to at least one network;
a main distributing frame arranged to be connected to a customer premises equipment interface to terminate a plurality of different telecommunication wirings, the main distributing frame to provide a connection between the customer premises equipment interface device and the facilities management platform;
a router within the faciclites management platform for transmitting integrated voice and data packet signals from customer premises equipment to a network of the at least one 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 the packet data communications network for providing system management to the facilities management platform. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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