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US 7,742,397 B2Granted
System and method of providing DSL services on a telephone networks
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsBryan K. Kennedy, Richard Wolf
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Abstract
A system and method for delivering digital subscriber line (DSL) service to a subscriber. In a telecommunications network, the signal passing through a protector field is diverted to a cross connect block that can be selectively configured to establish a communication route between the cross connect block and a splitter selectively receiving a DSL signal. The combined signal is then placed back upon the network by the cross connect block, which directs the combined signal back to the protector field.
Claims12
A telephone network system, comprising:
- a) a pair gain system;
- b) a digital subscriber line (DSL) system;
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- c) an interface that protects against electrical abnormalities prior to relaying service from the telephone network system to a subscriber, the interface including:
- i) a protector field and a protector module;
- ii) an adapter electrically connected to both the protector field and the protector module;
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- iii) a cross connect block through which outgoing service signals pass, each outgoing service signal selectively being one of only a pair gain signal from the pair gain system and a combined signal, the combined signal including a pair gain signal from the pair gain system and a DSL signal from the DSL system;
- iv) wherein the pair gain signals from the pair gain system are routed by the adapter to the cross connect block, and wherein the outgoing service signals from the cross connect block are routed by the adapter to the protector module and then to the protector field.
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