Access to telecommunications networks in multi-service environment
First Claim
1. A method of interfacing one or more CPEs and communications networks which encompass one or more PSTN, data networks, wireless networks, satellite networks, CATV, ATM networks and other communications networks, through local access to form a universal services network comprising steps of:
- extracting information content from traffic to determine requested services of said traffic at the local access between the one or more CPEs and the communications networks;
prior to interfacing, determining one or more appropriate networks among the communications networks or one or more appropriate CPEs, both of which support the requested services, according to the requested services; and
routing the traffic directly either to the one or more appropriate networks among said one or more PSTN, data networks, wireless networks, satellite networks, CATV, ATM networks and other communications networks or to the one or more appropriate CPEs to complete interfacing between said appropriate CPEs and appropriate service providers and/or network resources.
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Abstract
In current voice telephony, CATV, and wireless networks, traffic is channelized for both access and transport. This channelization is wasteful of resources where multiple services have varying demands for bandwidth and holding times, or a service generates traffic that is bursty in nature. The invention solves these problems by providing flexible and adapatable multiservice access to the networks. Customer requirements are checked by monitoring traffic on a local access at a connection request and/or during the established connection, and the local access is configured according to the transmission requirements. The local access can also be configured in response to the network information.
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1. A method of interfacing one or more CPEs and communications networks which encompass one or more PSTN, data networks, wireless networks, satellite networks, CATV, ATM networks and other communications networks, through local access to form a universal services network comprising steps of:
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extracting information content from traffic to determine requested services of said traffic at the local access between the one or more CPEs and the communications networks; prior to interfacing, determining one or more appropriate networks among the communications networks or one or more appropriate CPEs, both of which support the requested services, according to the requested services; and routing the traffic directly either to the one or more appropriate networks among said one or more PSTN, data networks, wireless networks, satellite networks, CATV, ATM networks and other communications networks or to the one or more appropriate CPEs to complete interfacing between said appropriate CPEs and appropriate service providers and/or network resources. - 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, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An access module for interfacing with a CPE including a CPE modem functionality and communications networks which encompass one or more PSTN, data networks, wireless networks, satellite networks, CATV, ATM networks and other communications networks by way of a local access to form a universal services network, comprising:
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a line interface for interfacing between the local access and the communications networks, the line interface including an access modem functionality to communicate with the CPE modem functionality; a processor for extracting the information content from traffic for services; a storage for storing information concerning user profiles, the services provided by the service providers, an address correlation table or a protocol conversion table; and a controller for determining the routing, converting the address and/or the protocol and routing the extracted information content and/or protocol altered information content to appropriate network resources and one or more similar or dissimilar CPEs according to the information stored in the storage, a CPE request, or network status information obtained from the network resources. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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