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Dynamic interchangeability of voice and data channels and facilities in switched mode nodal networks
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1998-03-04
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Granted: 2000-12-05
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Expires: 2018-03-04
Abstract
Abstract A method and a system for controlling a dynamic channel reconfiguration of an access facility in which a first bit stream is connected on a first channel to a second channel. A status associated with the first bit stream is queried. In response to the query, status information, which includes a configuration map status, is received for the first bit stream. The configuration map status for the first bit stream is then stored in a first memory area. A command is received for disconnecting the first bit stream on the first channel from the second channel, and the first channel is disconnected from the second channel. A set of parameters associated with the first channel are then groomed to match a set of parameters associated with the third channel. A command is received for connecting a second bit stream on the first channel to a third channel. A configuration status for the second bit stream is stored in a second memory area. The first channel is then connected to the third channel, and the second bit stream on the first channel is directed to the third channel. The dynamic channel reconfiguration implementation is restored by disconnecting the first channel from the third channel, regrooming the parameters associated with the first channel, storing retrieved configuration map status for the first bit stream in the second memory area, connecting the first channel to the second channel, and directing the first bit stream on the first channel to the second channel.
Inventors
- 👤 Prafull M. Mehta
- 👤 Chintalapati S. Sastry
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 06:32
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/04; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/1302; H04Q2213/1304; H04Q2213/13076; H04Q2213/13103; H04Q2213/13106; H04Q2213/13109; H04Q2213/13174; H04Q2213/13176; H04Q2213/13216; H04Q2213/13248; H04Q2213/13292; H04Q2213/13332; H04Q2213/13395
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 39
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A method for controlling a configuration of an access facility, the method comprising the steps of: querying a status associated with a first bit stream on a first channel that is connected to a second channel; receiving a status information associated with the first bit stream in response to the query, the status information including a configuration map status; storing the configuration map status for the first bit stream in a first memory area; receiving a command for disconnecting the first bit stream on the first channel from the second channel; disconnecting the first channel from the second channel; receiving a command for connecting a second bit stream on the first channel to a third channel; storing a configuration map status for the second bit stream in a second memory area; connecting the first channel to the third channel; and directing the second bit stream on the first channel to the third channel.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
153 words
A method for controlling a configuration of an access facility, the method comprising the steps of: querying a status associated with a first bit stream on a first channel that is connected to a second channel; receiving a status information associated with the first bit stream in response to the query, the status information including a configuration map status; storing the configuration map status for the first bit stream in a first memory area; receiving a command for disconnecting the first bit stream on the first channel from the second channel; disconnecting the first channel from the second channel; receiving a command for connecting a second bit stream on the first channel to a third channel; storing a configuration map status for the second bit stream in a second memory area; connecting the first channel to the third channel; and directing the second bit stream on the first channel to the third channel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of grooming a set of parameters associated with the first channel to match a set of parameters associated with the third channel after disconnecting the first channel from the second channel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
106 words
The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of: receiving a command for disconnecting the second bit stream on the first channel from the third channel; disconnecting the first channel from the third channel; receiving a command for connecting the first bit stream on the first channel to the second channel; retrieving the configuration map status for the first bit stream from the first memory area; storing the retrieved configuration map status for the first bit stream in the second memory area; connecting the first channel to the second channel; and directing the first bit stream on the first channel to the second channel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of grooming a set of parameters associated with the first channel to match a set of parameters associated the second channel after disconnecting the first channel from the third channel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method according to claim 3, wherein the first channel is part of a first access facility, the second channel is part of a second access facility, and the third channel is part of a third access facility, the second and third access facilities each being different from the first access facility.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein each of the first, second and third access facilities is a duplex facility.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method according to claim 6, wherein the second access facility is physically the same as the third access facility.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 6, wherein the second access facility is physically different from the third access facility.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 6, wherein the first bit stream is a voice communications signal, and the second bit stream is a data communications signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 9, wherein the data communications signal is one of a private line application signal, a packet switching application signal, a frame relay application signal and a bandwidth-on-demand application signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 6, wherein the step of disconnecting the first channel from the second channel includes the step of sending a groomed trunk-conditioning code to the second channel.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 11, wherein the first trunk-conditioning code is based on the status information associated with the first bit stream.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 12, wherein the status information associated with the first bit stream includes a trunk-conditioning code, and wherein the groomed trunk-conditioning code is a binary complement of the trunk-coding code contained in the status information associated with the first bit stream.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 6, wherein the first bit stream is a voice communications application signal uses a robbed-bit signaling technique.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of disconnecting the first channel from the second channel includes the steps of: sending a first trunk-conditioning code to the second channel for a first predetermined period of time; and sending a second trunk-conditioning code to the second channel for a second predetermined period of time, the second predetermined period of time being subsequent to the first predetermined period of time.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 15, wherein the first trunk-conditioning code is an IDLE code, and the second trunk-conditioning code is based on the status information associated with the first bit stream.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 16, wherein the status information associated with the first bit stream contains a trunk-conditioning code, and wherein the second trunk-conditioning code is a binary complement of the trunk-conditioning code contained in the status information associated with the first bit stream.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method according to claim 17, wherein the first predetermined period of time is about 2.5 seconds, and the second predetermined period of time is from the end of the first predetermined period of time to the step of connecting the first channel to the second channel.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
164 words
A digital access cross-connection system, comprising: a multiplexer connecting a first channel of a first access facility connected to the digital access cross-connection system to a second channel of a second access facility connected to the digital access cross-connection system, the multiplexer connecting the first channel to the second channel in accordance with a connection map; and a control processor having a connection map buffer, the control processor storing a first predetermined connection map received from the multiplexer in the connection map buffer in response to a status query sent to the multiplexer by the control processor and sending a second predetermined connection map to the multiplexer, the first predetermined connection map including information relating to a first bit stream on the first channel and connected to the second channel, and the second predetermined connection map including information relating to a second bit stream on the first channel to a third channel of a third access facility connected to the digital access cross-connection system.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
164 words
A digital access cross-connection system, comprising: a multiplexer connecting a first channel of a first access facility connected to the digital access cross-connection system to a second channel of a second access facility connected to the digital access cross-connection system, the multiplexer connecting the first channel to the second channel in accordance with a connection map; and a control processor having a connection map buffer, the control processor storing a first predetermined connection map received from the multiplexer in the connection map buffer in response to a status query sent to the multiplexer by the control processor and sending a second predetermined connection map to the multiplexer, the first predetermined connection map including information relating to a first bit stream on the first channel and connected to the second channel, and the second predetermined connection map including information relating to a second bit stream on the first channel to a third channel of a third access facility connected to the digital access cross-connection system.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system according to claim 19, wherein the control processor grooms a set of parameters associated with the first channel to match a set of parameters associated with the third channel before sending the second predetermined connection map to the multiplexer.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
48 words
The system according to claim 19, wherein the control processor retrieves the first predetermined connection map from the connection map buffer and sends the first predetermined connection map to the multiplexer for restoring a connection of the first bit stream on the first channel to the second channel.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
57 words
The system according to claim 21, wherein the control processor grooms a set of parameters associated with the first channel to match a set of parameters associated the second channel before sending the first predetermined connection map to the multiplexer for restoring the connection of the first bit stream on the first channel to the second channel.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system according to claim 21, wherein the first channel is part of a first access facility, the second channel is part of a second access facility, and the third channel is part of a third access facility, the second and third access facilities each being different from the first access facility.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system according to claim 23, wherein each of the first, second and third access facilities is a duplex facility.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system, according to claim 24, wherein the second access facility is physically the same as the third access facility.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system according to claim 24, wherein the second access facility is physically different from the third access facility.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system according to claim 24, wherein the first bit stream is a voice communications signal, and the second bit stream is a data communications signal.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system according to claim 27, wherein the data communications signal is one of a private line application signal, a packet switching application signal, a frame relay application signal and a bandwidth-on-demand application signal.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system according to claim 24, wherein when the control processor sends the second predetermined connection map to the multiplexer, the control processor further sends a groomed trunk-conditioning code to the second channel.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system according to claim 29, wherein the groomed trunk-conditioning code is based on the information relating to the first bit stream included in the first predetermined connection map.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system according to claim 30, wherein the information relating to the first bit stream included in the first predetermined connection map includes a trunk-conditioning code, and wherein the groomed trunk-conditioning code is a binary complement of the trunk-conditioning code included in the information relating to the first bit stream.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system according to claim 24, wherein the first bit stream is a voice communications application signal uses a robbed-bit signaling technique.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system according to claim 32, wherein communications signal is one of Ear & Mouth signaling, Loop Send signaling, Ground Send signaling and Private Line Automatic Ringdown signaling.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
56 words
The system according to claim 32, wherein when the control processor sends the second connection map to the multiplexer, the control processor further sends a first trunk-conditioning code to the second channel for a first predetermined period of time, and sends a second trunk-conditioning code to the second channel for a second predetermined period of time.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system according to claim 34, wherein the first trunk-conditioning code is an IDLE code, and the second trunk-conditioning code is based on the information relating to the first bit stream included in the first predetermined connection map.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system according to claim 35, wherein the information relating to the first bit stream included in the first predetermined connection map includes a trunk-conditioning code, and wherein the second trunk-conditioning code is a binary complement of the trunk-conditioning code included in the information relating to the first bit stream.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
49 words
The system according to claim 36, wherein the first predetermined period of time is about 2.5 seconds, and the second predetermined period of time is from the end of the first predetermined period of time to when the control processor sends the first predetermined connection map to the multiplexer.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2003-12-05 | 2004-06-05 | 2004-12-05 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2007-12-05 | 2008-06-05 | 2008-12-05 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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