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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2003
Steven Michael Bellovin, Westfield, NJ (US);
Joseph Henry Condon, Summit, NJ (US);
Richard Vandervoort Cox, New Providence, NJ (US);
Alexander Gibson Fraser, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Charles Robert Kalmanek, Jr., Short Hills, NJ (US);
Alan Edward Kaplan, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Thomas Joseph Killian, Westfield, NJ (US);
William Todd Marshall, Chatham, NJ (US);
Peter Z. Onufryk, Flanders, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Norman Loren Schryer, New Providence, NJ (US);
Steven Michael Bellovin, Westfield, NJ (US);
Joseph Henry Condon, Summit, NJ (US);
Richard Vandervoort Cox, New Providence, NJ (US);
Alexander Gibson Fraser, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Charles Robert Kalmanek, Jr., Short Hills, NJ (US);
Alan Edward Kaplan, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Thomas Joseph Killian, Westfield, NJ (US);
William Todd Marshall, Chatham, NJ (US);
Peter Z. Onufryk, Flanders, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Norman Loren Schryer, New Providence, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing telephony and high-speed data access over a broadband access network, comprising a network interface unit (NIU) coupled to a backup local exchange carrier (LEC) line, the broadband access network coupled to the NIU, an intermediate point-of-presence (IPOP) coupled to the broadband access network, and at least one external access network coupled to the IPOP. The system also provides for a fail-safe mode in which the NIU supports the LEC line for lifeline services.