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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Frank Anthony DeNap, Millbrae, CA (US);
Harold Wayne Johnson, Lenexa, KS (US);
Bryan Lee Gorman, Mission, KS (US);
William Lee Edwards, Overland Park, KS (US);
Michael Thomas Swink, Lenexa, KS (US);
Timothy Gene Kelley, Shawnee, KS (US);
James William Baumgart, Valley Center, CA (US);
Martin Joseph Kaplan, Olathe, KS (US);
Abdullah Murat Bog, Milpitas, CA (US);
John Arndt Strand, III, Leavenworth, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
The invention is an ATM communications system that provides the option of advanced communications services or conventional telephone service to the customer. Advantageously, the ATM communications system does not require the widespread deployment of class 5 telephone switches to provide telephone service. A residential communications hub is located at a residence and communicates with the telephones at the residence using the analog telephony format. The residential communications hub converts between the analog telephony format and the ATM format. The residential communications hub is connected to a DSL mux by telephone wiring that carries the ATM/DSL format. The residential communications hub and the DSL mux communicate using the ATM/DSL format. The DSL mux converts between the ATM/DSL format and the ATM/SONET format. The DSL mux is connected to the an ATM switch by a broadband connection that carries the ATM/SONET format. The DSL mux and the ATM switch communicate using the ATM/SONET format. The ATM switch establishes ATM communications paths for the telephone service. A telephony hub is connected to telephones by telephone wiring that carries the analog telephony format. The telephony hub communicates with the telephones using the analog telephony format. The telephony hub is connected to the ATM switch by a broadband connection that carries the ATM/SONET format. The telephony hub and the ATM switch communicate using the ATM/SONET format.