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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2001
Richard M. Czerwiec, Raleigh, NC (US);
Joseph E. Sutherland, Raleigh, NC (US);
Peter M. L. Schepers, Bornem, BE;
Geert A. E. Van Wonterghem, Eeklo, BE;
Marlin V. Simmering, Clayton, NC (US);
Eduard C. M. Boeykens, Bornem, BE;
Chris Van Der Auwera, Mechelen, BE;
Peter A. R. Van Rompu, Puurs, BE;
Kurt Pynaert, Oost-Vlaanderen, BE;
Daniel A. C. Verly, St. Niklaas, BE;
Gilbert A. F. Van Campenhout, Hoboken, BE;
Richard H. Bailey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard M. Czerwiec, Raleigh, NC (US);
Joseph E. Sutherland, Raleigh, NC (US);
Peter M. L. Schepers, Bornem, BE;
Geert A. E. Van Wonterghem, Eeklo, BE;
Marlin V. Simmering, Clayton, NC (US);
Eduard C. M. Boeykens, Bornem, BE;
Chris Van Der Auwera, Mechelen, BE;
Peter A. R. Van Rompu, Puurs, BE;
Kurt Pynaert, Oost-Vlaanderen, BE;
Daniel A. C. Verly, St. Niklaas, BE;
Gilbert A. F. Van Campenhout, Hoboken, BE;
Richard H. Bailey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A shelf or housing is connected to a narrowband network and to a broadband network for serving a plurality of subscribers includes two sections, one for lowpass filters and another for line and network termination cards. The line termination and network termination equipment are interconnected by a bus internal to the shelf for providing subscriber access. The shelf or housing can be used as a hub for connecting to a remote shelf or housing that includes the line termination equipment for connection to subscribers. Although the internal bus of the shelf or housing is shown in a non-redundant embodiment, an increased level of equipment protection can be provided by placing one half of a redundant equipment pair in one shelf or housing and the other half in the other shelf or housing and sharing network termination equipment between such shelves or housings.