Broadband telecommunications system
AssigneeSprint Communications Company, L. P.
InventorJoseph Michael Christie
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Abstract
The invention is a system for providing virtual connections through an ATM interworking multiplexer on a call-by-call basis. A signaling processor receives signaling for a call and selects the virtual connection for the call. The signaling processor generates new signaling that identifies the selection and transfers the new signaling to the ATM interworking multiplexer that accepted the access connection for the call. The multiplexer converts user information from the access connection into ATM cells for transmission over the virtual connection in accord with the new signaling.
Claims68
A communication method for a call comprising:
- receiving set-up signaling associated with the call into a processing system;
- processing the set-up signaling in the processing system to select a DS0 connection;
- generating a message identifying the DS0 connection;
- transmitting the message from the processing system;
- receiving the message and an asynchronous communication associated with the call into an interworking unit;
- in the interworking unit, converting the asynchronous communication into a user communication;
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- transferring the user communication from the interworking unit to the DS0 connection in response to the message.
A communication system for a call comprising:
- a processing system configured to receive set-up signaling associated with the call, process the set-up signaling to select a DS0 connection, generate a message identifying the DS0 connection, and transfer the message;
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- an interworking unit configured to receive the message and an asynchronous communication for the call, convert the asynchronous communication into a user communication, and transfer the user communication to the DS0 connection in response to the message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.