US 6,590,899 B1 · System for consolidating telecommunications traffic onto a minimum number of output paths

Abstract

A telecommunications network (12) includes a digital cross-connect system (10) that receives frame relay information carried in individual DS-0 signals over T-1 links (14) and/or multiple DS-0 signals over FT-1 links (16). The digital cross-connect system (10) includes a cross-connect matrix (44) that consolidates DS-0 signals into DS-1 signals. The digital cross-connect system (10) further includes a plurality of frame groomers (40) that extract frames from each DS-0 signal for consolidation into a frame groomed consolidated circuit. The frame groomed consolidated circuit from each frame groomer (40) is transferred in DS-3 signals to a concentrator (80). The concentrator (80) concentrates the received DS-3 signals into a single DS-3 signal for transport to an edge switch (24).

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Dependent claims

A telecommunications system, comprising:

a digital cross-connect matrix operable to transport telecommunications traffic from any of a plurality of input ports to any of a plurality of output ports;
a plurality of frame groomers each operable to receive telecommunications traffic from predetermined output ports of the digital cross-connect matrix, each frame groomer operable to identify frame relay traffic received from the digital cross-connect matrix and consolidate the frame relay traffic received into a fewer number of output links;
a concentrator operable to receive telecommunications traffic from each output link of each frame groomer at a first data rate, the concentrator operable to further consolidate the received telecommunications traffic onto a fewer number of output paths at the first data rate.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for consolidating telecommunications traffic onto a minimum number of output paths

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System for consolidating telecommunications traffic onto a minimum number of output paths

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Abstract

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