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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ming-Kang Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steve Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Telecom Express, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370352 ; 370468 ;
Abstract
A digital subscriber loop access and multiplexing (DSLAM) circuit for use at a central office site is disclosed. The DSLAM circuit couples to a digital subscriber loop (DSL) and permits a downstream user to set up and configure an end-to-end connection with destination customer promise equipment (CPE) at a target data rate using any one or more of a regular switching telephone network, various kinds of wide area networks, or virtual permanent circuit links via digital cross-connects.