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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2005
Bakri Aboukarr, Kanata, CA;
Arkin Aydin, Nepean, CA;
Mary Ann Condie, Kanata, CA;
Wilfred Sullivan, Ottawa, CA;
Andrew Gordon Tomilson, Nepean, CA;
Guy Landry, Kanata, CA;
Bart Joseph Gerard Pauwels, Tessenderlo, BE;
Ronny Jozef Leon Peeters, Hoboken, BE;
Koen Hooghe, Antwerpen, BE;
Bakri Aboukarr, Kanata, CA;
Arkin Aydin, Nepean, CA;
Mary Ann Condie, Kanata, CA;
Wilfred Sullivan, Ottawa, CA;
Andrew Gordon Tomilson, Nepean, CA;
Guy Landry, Kanata, CA;
Bart Joseph Gerard Pauwels, Tessenderlo, BE;
Ronny Jozef Leon Peeters, Hoboken, BE;
Koen Hooghe, Antwerpen, BE;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Distributed communication equipment architectures and techniques are disclosed. A host system includes an expansion unit through which control information and communication traffic may be exchanged with an expansion system. The expansion system is thereby controllable by a controller at the host system, significantly simplifying the design and reducing the cost of the expansion system. The expansion unit for a host system may also provide one or more configurable communication link interfaces. Each configurable interface may be independently configured as a network-side interface for connection to upstream communication equipment or as an access-side expansion interface for connection to an expansion system, allowing provisioning of network and access interfaces at the host system as needed.