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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
Daniel J. Kerns, Petaluma, CA (US);
Joe D. Marchionni, Petaluma, CA (US);
Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A system ( ) for facilitating bidirectional data transfer between a customer premises equipment ( ) and information service providers ( A-N) includes a channel service unit ( ) which receives packets of data from the information service providers ( A-N), and passes the packets of data to a router ( ). The router ( ) segregates the packets of data based on which customer premises equipment ( ) is destined to receive the packets of data. An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) adapter ( ) converts the packets of data to an ATM cell, and an ATM modulator ( ) synchronizes the ATM cell to facilitate transmission over an ATM broadband network ( ). The particular packets of data provided by the information service providers are selected in response to a user request sent by the customer premises equipment ( ) via the ATM broadband network ( ) and transferred to the information service providers ( A-N) through the ATM modulator ( ), the ATM adaptor ( ), the router ( ), and the channel service unit ( ).