Facilitating digital subscriber line services via a subscriber premise network interface device
First Claim
1. A subscriber premise Network Interface Device (NID), comprising:
- a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) data stream processing circuit enabling reception of voice signal downstream transmission units, wherein said voice signal downstream transmission units are received in accordance with a DSL protocol;
a transmission unit processing circuit enabling channel identifier assessment of said voice signal downstream transmission units and facilitating reassembly of voice signal content of said voice signal downstream transmission units;
a voice signal conversion circuit enabling conversion of said voice signal downstream transmission units to a corresponding downstream analog voice signal; and
a test circuit enabling functional operability evaluation of service provider facility paired conductors including automatically terminating at least one pair of said service provider facility paired conductors in response to an NID supply voltage being removed from said at least one pair of service provider facility paired conductors.
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Abstract
Various aspects of apparatuses and methods for enabling a subscriber premise network interface device (NID) to facilitate communication services including digitally derived voice services to be facilitated between a central office and a subscriber premise are disclosed herein. In accordance with one embodiment of the disclosures herein, such a method includes facilitating a downstream DSL voice channel transmission process at a subscriber premise Network Interface Device (NID) and facilitating an upstream DSL voice channel transmission process at the subscriber premise NID. The downstream DSL voice channel transmission process facilitates converting a voice component of a downstream DSL data stream to a corresponding downstream analog voice signal. The upstream DSL voice channel transmission process facilitates converting an upstream analog voice signal to an upstream voice component of an upstream DSL data stream.
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52 Claims
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1. A subscriber premise Network Interface Device (NID), comprising:
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a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) data stream processing circuit enabling reception of voice signal downstream transmission units, wherein said voice signal downstream transmission units are received in accordance with a DSL protocol; a transmission unit processing circuit enabling channel identifier assessment of said voice signal downstream transmission units and facilitating reassembly of voice signal content of said voice signal downstream transmission units; a voice signal conversion circuit enabling conversion of said voice signal downstream transmission units to a corresponding downstream analog voice signal; and a test circuit enabling functional operability evaluation of service provider facility paired conductors including automatically terminating at least one pair of said service provider facility paired conductors in response to an NID supply voltage being removed from said at least one pair of service provider facility paired conductors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A subscriber premise Network Interface Device (NID), comprising:
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means for enabling reception of a downstream DSL data stream including voice signal downstream transmission units; means for enabling channel identifier assessment for identifying said voice signal downstream transmission units; means for enabling analog conversion of said voice signal downstream transmission units, wherein said voice signal downstream transmission units are converted to a corresponding downstream analog voice signal; and means for enabling functional operability evaluation of service provider facility paired conductors including terminating at least one pair of said service provider facility paired conductors after an NID supply voltage is removed from said at least one pair of service provider facility paired conductors. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A subscriber premise Network Interface Device (NID), comprising:
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a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) data stream processing circuit enabling reception of voice signal downstream transmission units, wherein said voice signal downstream transmission units are received in accordance with a DSL protocol; a transmission unit processing circuit enabling channel identifier assessment of said voice signal downstream transmission units and facilitating reassembly of voice signal content of said voice signal downstream transmission units; a voice signal conversion circuit enabling conversion of said voice signal downstream transmission units to a corresponding downstream analog voice signal; a first test circuit capable of terminating at least one pair of said service provider facility paired conductors for facilitating functional operability evaluation of service provider facility paired conductors; a second test circuit enabling functional operability evaluation of a subscriber premise transmission facility, wherein the second test circuit transmits a message conveying test results for reception by a central office voice gateway after a subscriber premise transmission facility test sequence is performed; and a third test circuit capable of responding to test conditions governed by a Pair Gain Test Controller for enabling functional operability evaluation of NID circuitry.
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51. A subscriber premise Network Interface Device (NID), comprising:
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means for enabling reception of a downstream DSL data stream including voice signal downstream transmission units; means for enabling channel identifier assessment for identifying said voice signal downstream transmission units; means for enabling analog conversion of said voice signal downstream transmission units, wherein said voice signal downstream transmission units are converted to a corresponding downstream analog voice signal; means for enabling removal of at least one of data transport protocol overhead and data transport protocol headers from said voice signal downstream transmission units; means for reassembling voice signal content of said voice signal downstream transmission units, wherein each one of said voice signal downstream transmission units is received at said means for reassembling as a transmission unit configured according to a first data transport protocol; means for enabling functional operability evaluation of service provider facility paired conductors; means for enabling functional operability evaluation of a subscriber premise transmission facility; and means for enabling functional operability evaluation of NID circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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