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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Telecommunications switch for providing telephony traffic integrated with video information services
Stephen Lewis, Napa, CA (US);
K. Martin Stevenson, III, San Rafael, CA (US);
Farzad S. Nabavi, Union City, CA (US);
Catherine A. Millet, Petaluma, CA (US);
Jason Dove, Petaluma, CA (US);
Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A telephony and video telecommunications distribution network ( ) includes a broadband fiber bank section ( ) within a digital loop carrier system ( ). The broadband fiber bank section ( ) receives video information from a stored video information provider ( ) through a broadband asynchronous transfer mode switch ( ). The video information is received in an asynchronous transfer mode cell format. The digital loop carrier system ( ) receives telephony traffic from a telephony network ( ) at a common control section ( ). The common control section ( ) passes the telephony traffic to the broadband fiber bank section ( ) where it is converted into asynchronous transfer mode cell form. The broadband fiber bank section ( ) multiplexes video asynchronous transfer mode cells and telephony asynchronous transfer mode cells for transport to an optical network unit ( ) over a fiber optic communication link ( ).