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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2000
David Blanset, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Timothy J. Tierney, Morganville, NJ (US);
Edward W. Landis, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Prakash Easwar, Somerset, NJ (US);
David Blanset, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Timothy J. Tierney, Morganville, NJ (US);
Edward W. Landis, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Prakash Easwar, Somerset, NJ (US);
Paradyne Corporation, Largo, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for automatically configuring cross-connects in a switch. One exemplary embodiment is a digital subscriber line access multiplexer for automatically configuring a plurality of cross-connects comprising: obtaining a default logical VPI/VCI address associated with the plurality of data communications channels; defining a first plurality of unique logical VPI/VCI addresses based on a predefined set of rules for incrementing logical VPI/VCI addresses, each of the first plurality of unique logical VPI/VCI addresses associated with one of the plurality of digital subscriber line communications channels; determining a second plurality of unique logical VPI/VCI addresses based on the default logical VPI/VCI address and the predefined set of rules; and creating signal connectivity between the plurality of data communications channels and the plurality of digital subscriber line communications channels by linking the first and second unique logical VPI/VCI addresses.