Remote unit with exterior connectivity, and corresponding information delivery method
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsBart Rousseau, Johan Liekens
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Abstract
A remote unit consisting of an enclosure, equipment providing network access, connections to a limited amount of subscribers and a central office which also provides exterior connectivity. Users and information sources in the vicinity of the remote unit can use a wired or wireless interface to the remote unit for content delivery to a central location.
Claims13
A remote unit (101;
- 201) for providing network access comprising:
- a first interface configured to provide connectivity to a central office via a first link, the first link including a plurality of uplinks;
- a second interface configured to provide connectivity to plural network devices via a second link;
- a first access unit configured to selectively interconnect said first interface and said second interface and provide said network access to said plurality of network devices via a first subset of the plurality of uplinks;
- a third interface configured to provide connectivity to another device;
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- a second access unit configured to selectively interconnect said first interface and said third interface and provide said network access to said another device via spare link capacity of said first link, the spare link capacity being associated with a second subset of the plurality of uplinks, the first subset of uplinks and the second subset of uplinks being different uplinks.
A remote unit for providing network access comprising:
- a first interface configured to provide an uplink to a DSL Central Office via optical fiber, the uplink including a plurality of uplinks;
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- a second interface configured to provide connectivity to end user equipment via copper cables
- a first access unit configured to selectively interconnect said first interface and said second interface and provide said network access to said end user equipment via a first subset of the plurality of uplinks;
- a third interface configured to provide connectivity to a device
- a second access unit configured to selectively interconnect said first interface and said third interface and provide said network access to said device via spare uplink capacity, the spare uplink capacity being associated with a second subset of the plurality of uplinks, the first subset of uplinks and the second subset of uplinks being different uplinks.
A method for delivering digital information using a remote unit, said remote unit including a first interface to provide connectivity to a central office via a plurality of uplinks, said remote unit including a second interface to provide connectivity to a plurality of network devices, and said remote unit including a first access unit configured to selectively interconnect said first interface and said second interface and provide said network access to said plurality of network devices via a first subset of the plurality of uplinks, said method comprising:
- registering digital information;
- transmitting said digital information to said remote unit;
- and
- transmitting said digital information from said remote unit to the central office, wherein
- transmitting said digital information to said central office involves connecting with a third interface configured to provide connectivity to another device and transmitting said digital information to said central office involves using a second access unit configured to selectively interconnect said first interface and said third interface and provide said network access to said another device via spare link capacity of a first link associated with said first interface, the first link includes the plurality of uplinks, the spare link capacity being associated with a second subset of the plurality of uplinks, the first subset of uplinks and the second subset of uplinks being different uplinks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.