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.
Claims36
A telecommunication signal embodied in a tangible medium, the telecommunication signal comprising:
- a first signal component including user information from a narrowband communication signal;
- and
- a second signal component including an identifier for routing the user information, wherein the identifier is selected by processing a signaling message, wherein an interworking device receives the narrowband communication signal and a control signal indicating the narrowband communication signal and the identifier, and in response to the control signal, converts the narrowband communication signal into a packet format having the first signal component including the user information and the second signal component including the identifier to form the telecommunication signal.
A control signal embodied in a tangible medium, the control signal comprising:
- a first signal component indicating a narrowband communication signal having user information;
- and
- a second signal component indicating an identifier for routing the user information, wherein the identifier is selected by processing a signaling message, wherein an interworking device receives the narrowband communication signal and the control signal indicating the narrowband communication signal and the identifier, and in response to the control signal, converts the narrowband communication signal into a packet format having the user information and the identifier to form a telecommunication signal.
A method of transferring a telecommunication signal, the method comprising:
- transferring a first signal component including user information from a narrowband communication signal;
- and
- transferring a second signal component including an identifier for routing the user information, wherein the identifier is selected by processing a signaling message, wherein an interworking device receives the narrowband communication signal and a control signal indicating the narrowband communication signal and the identifier, and in response to the control signal, converts the narrowband communication signal into a packet format having the first signal component including the user information and the second signal component including the identifier to form the telecommunication signal.
A method of transferring a control signal, the method comprising:
- transferring a first signal component indicating a narrowband communication signal having user information;
- and
- transferring a second signal component indicating an identifier for routing the user information, wherein the identifier is selected by processing a signaling message, wherein an interworking device receives the narrowband communication signal and the control signal indicating the narrowband communication signal and the identifier, and in response to the control signal, converts the narrowband communication signal into a packet format having the user information and the identifier to form a telecommunication signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.