System for coupling the public telephone network to the internet
AssigneeKoninklijke KPN N.V.
InventorAlphonsus Johannes Van Tol
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Abstract
A system couples the public telephone network to the Internet using a number of Points-of-Presence, or PoPs, arranged between the public telephone network, or Public Switched Telephony Network PSTN, and an Internet Service Provider, or ISP. A Public Switched Packet Data Network (PSPDN) is arranged between a number of PoPs and a number of ISPs in such a way that a signal received by a PoP can be switched through to more than one ISP. The PoP can be chosen from the public telephone network—PSTN—using various numbers, in which the selected number determines which ISP is contacted through the PSPDN. The PSPDN for applying the system is executed such, that it is able to switch a signal received from an arbitrary PoP to one specific ISP.
Claims8
System for coupling the public telephone network to the Internet using a number of Points-of-Presence, or PoPs, arranged between the public telephone network, or Public Switched Telephony Network PSTN, and an Internet Service Provider, or ISP, characterized in that a Public Switched Packet Data Network, or PSPDN, is arranged between a number of PoPs and a number of ISPs, in such a way that a signal received by a PoP can be switched through to more than one ISP.
System for coupling the public telephone network to the Internet using a number of Points-of Presence, or PoPs, arranged between the public telephone network, or Public Switched Telephony Network PSTN, and an Internet Service Provider, or ISP, characterized in that a Public Switched Packet Data Network or PSPDN, is arranged between a number of PoPs and a number of ISPs, in such a way that a signal received by a PoP can be switched through to a preselected ISP.
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