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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Magnus Hallenstål, Taby, SE;
Tomas Nylander, Stavsnäs, SE;
Ros-marie Furtenback, Johanneshov, SE;
Jan Alvar Gjärdman, Farsta, SE;
Magnus Hallenstål, Taby, SE;
Tomas Nylander, Stavsnäs, SE;
Ros-Marie Furtenback, Johanneshov, SE;
Jan Alvar Gjärdman, Farsta, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The combination of narrowband applications with broadband transport may be enabled by implementing a hybrid switch capable of operating as a narrowband switch, a broadband switch, and/or a combination narrowband/broadband switch. The hybrid switch may be initially installed/activated as a narrowband switch in order to operate with a network of all or mostly all narrowband switches. Eventually, the hybrid switch may be used entirely as a broadband switching mechanism when operated with a network of all or mostly all broadband switches. In the interim, the hybrid switch may be operated in a narrowband or a broadband mode on a communication-by-communication basis, for example, depending on the capabilities of the node or nodes to be used in establishing a given communication. The hybrid switch may include both broadband (e.g., ATM) and narrowband (e.g., STM) switching components.