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AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsJames Patrick Dunn, William Brohmer Paulson, Carl Robert Posthuma, Dorothy Voytko Stanley
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An unbundling apparatus to permit competitive access providers access to telephone lines connected to a remote terminal, and the ability to control and test such lines. Such unbundling apparatus includes a switch fabric, a command module, and a testing module. The switch fabric provides all voice channel connections between all switches and the remote terminal and grooms the control channels. Control messages are switched into the command module, which performs any protocol translations necessary. All commands from switches are then multiplexed and sent back to the switch fabric, which routes them to the original command channel to the remote terminal. Control messages from the remote terminal are demultiplexed, translated (if necessary) and sent to the switch fabric for delivery to the appropriate switch. Testing of lines is also provided to all competitive service providers.
An unbundling apparatus for connecting a plurality of switches to a plurality of remote terminals, said remote terminals being connected to a plurality of customer lines, said apparatus comprising:
A method for use in a telephone network for providing service to a plurality of telephone subscribers connected to a remote terminal by a plurality of competing service providers, each of said competing service provider having its own switching system, said telephone network including an unbundling apparatus connected between said remote terminal and said plurality of switching systems, said unbundling apparatus comprising a switching network, and a command module, said method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.