Arrangement for data transmission utilizing telephone network

Claim 2

An arrangement for data transmission utilizing a telephone network between modems for data terminal equipment connected to a telephone switching center, comprising: telephone subscriber lines connected to subscriber telephones and subscriber computers and connecting so the telephone switching center; a plurality of subscriber-side modems utilizing mutually different modem protocols for communication, said plurality of subscriber-side modems being connected at subscriber premise ends of said telephone subscriber lines, said subscriber-side modems connecting said subscriber computers to said subscriber premise ends; a plurality of exchange-side modems connected to an exchange side of respective ones of the telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems being in the telephone switching center at an interface to respective ones of said telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems working according to a same modem protocol as corresponding ones of said subscriber-side modems connected at the subscriber premise end of corresponding ones of said telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems being connected immediately adjacent to the interface to said one telephone subscriber line so that data signals to be transmitted on said one telephone subscriber line traverse few voice-signal-specific equipment and permit use of modem protocols that allow a high bit rate data transmission.

Claim 3

An improvement according to claim 1 , wherein said exchange-side modem is configured to work according to a plurality of different modem protocols.

Claim 4

An improvement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said one of the telephone subscriber lines is a subscriber-individual physical subscriber line unit, and said exchange-side modem is integrated in said subscriber-individual physical subscriber line unit.

Claim 5

An improvement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said one of the telephone subscriber lines is a subscriber-group-individual subscriber line module, and said exchange-side modem is integrated in said subscriber-group-individual subscriber line module.

Claim 6

An improvement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said exchange-side modem includes a digital processor system having running software to perform said same modem protocol.

Claim 7

An improvement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said exchange-side modem includes a digital processor system with connections to other function blocks perform said same modem protocol.

Claim 8

An improvement as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising: a plurality of exchange-side modems forming a modem pool, said modem pool being connected to a greater number of the telephone subscriber lines than a number of said exchange-side modems, said exchange-side modems being dynamically allocated to the telephone subscriber lines.

Claim 9

An improvement as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said plurality of exchange-side modems are signal processors.

Claim 10

An improvement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said exchange-side modem operates according to a discrete multi-tone method; and a lower transmission frequency range being kept free for analog voice transmission of a telephone mode so that data transmission and telephone use ensue simultaneously with the data transmission occurring in a higher transmission frequency range.

Claim 11

An improvement in an arrangement for data transmission utilizing a telephone network between modems for data terminal equipment connected to a telephone switching center via telephone subscriber lines, comprising a plurality of subscriber-side modems utilizing mutually different modem protocols for communication, said plurality of subscriber-side modems being connected at subscriber premise ends of a corresponding plurality of telephone subscriber lines; a plurality of exchange-side modems connected to an exchange side of respective ones of the telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems being in the telephone switching center at an interface to said respective telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems working according to a same modem protocol as corresponding ones of said subscriber-side modems connected at the subscriber premise end of said corresponding telephone subscriber line. said one of the telephone subscriber lines being a subscriber-individual physical subscriber line unit, and said exchange-side modem being integrated in said subscriber-individual physical subscriber line unit; wherein the subscriber-individual physical subscriber line unit includes a data network terminal to a data network in addition to the data terminal equipment to the telephone switching center, said data network terminal and said data terminal equipment being alternatively activated for transmitting data signals between the data terminal equipment.

Claim 12

An improvement in an arrangement for data transmission utilizing a telephone network between modems for data terminal equipment connected to a telephone switching center via telephone subscriber lines, comprising a plurality of subscriber-side modems utilizing mutually different modem protocols for communication, said plurality of subscriber-side modems being connected at subscriber premise ends of a corresponding plurality of telephone subscriber lines; a plurality of exchange-side modems connected to an exchange side of respective ones of the telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems being in the telephone switching center at an interface to said respective telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems working according to a same modem protocol as corresponding ones of said subscriber-side modems connected at the subscriber premise end of said corresponding telephone subscriber line. said one of the telephone subscriber lines being a subscriber-individual physical subscriber line unit, and said exchange-side modem being integrated in said subscriber-individual physical subscriber line unit; wherein the subscriber-individual physical subscriber line unit includes a data network terminal to a data network in addition to the data terminal equipment to the telephone switching center, said data network terminal and said data terminal equipment being alternatively activated for transmitting data signals between the data terminal equipment.

Claim 13

An improvement in an arrangement for data transmission utilizing a telephone network between modems for data terminal equipment connected to a telephone switching center via telephone subscriber lines, comprising: a plurality of subscriber-side modems utilizing mutually different modem protocols for communication, said plurality of subscriber-side modems being connected at subscriber premise ends of a corresponding plurality of telephone subscriber lines; a plurality of exchange-side modems connected to an exchange side of respective ones of the telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems being in the telephone switching center at an interface to said respective telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems working according to a same modem protocol as corresponding ones of said subscriber-side modems connected at the subscriber premise end of said corresponding telephone subscriber line. said one of the telephone subscriber lines being a subscriber-group-individual subscriber line module, and said exchange-side modem being integrated in said subscriber-group-individual subscriber line module; wherein the subscriber-group-individual subscriber line module includes a data network terminal to a data network in addition to the data terminal equipment to the telephone switching center, said data network terminal and said data terminal equipment being alternatively activated for transmitting data signals between the data terminal equipment.

Claim 14

An improvement in an arrangement for data transmission utilizing a telephone network between modems for data terminal equipment connected to a telephone switching center via telephone subscriber lines, comprising: a plurality of subscriber-side modems utilizing mutually different modem protocols for communication, said plurality of subscriber-side modems being connected at subscriber premise ends of a corresponding plurality of telephone subscriber lines; a plurality of exchange-side modems connected to an exchange side of respective ones of the telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems being in the telephone switching center at an interface to said respective telephone subscriber lines, said exchange-side modems working according to a same modem protocol as corresponding ones of said subscriber-side modems connected at the subscriber premise end of said corresponding telephone subscriber line. said one of the telephone subscriber lines being a subscriber-group-individual subscriber line module, and said exchange-side modem being integrated in said subscriber-group-individual subscriber line module; wherein the subscriber-group-individual subscriber line module includes a data network terminal to a data network in addition to the data terminal equipment to the telephone switching center, said data network terminal and said data terminal equipment being alternatively activated for transmitting data signals between the data terminal equipment.

Claim 15

An arrangement for data transmission utilizing equipment of a telephone network between modems for data terminal equipment connected to a telephone switching center via telephone subscriber lines, comprising: a first modem connected to a telephone subscriber line at a subscriber side, said first modem operating according to a modem protocol; a second modem that works according to the same modem protocol as said first modem, said second modem being connected to interfaces of the telephone subscriber lines at subscriber line assemblies, said subscriber line assemblies being one of subscriber-individual subscriber line assemblies and subscriber group-individual subscriber line assemblies of telephone switching centers, said second modems being connected as close as possible to an interface of the telephone subscriber lines, said second modems being connected between said interface and voice signal compression and decompression apparatus, said second modems being connected to a data network in said telephone switching centers.

Claim 16

An arrangement for data transmission utilizing equipment of a telephone network between modems for data terminal equipment connected to a telephone switching center via telephone subscriber lines, comprising: a first modem connected to a telephone subscriber line at a subscriber side, said first modem operating according to a modem protocol; a second modem that works according to the same modem protocol as said first modem, said second modem being connected to interfaces of the telephone subscriber lines at subscriber line assemblies, said subscriber line assemblies being one of subscriber-individual subscriber line assemblies and subscriber group-individual subscriber line assemblies of telephone switching centers, said second modems being connected as close as possible to an interface of the telephone subscriber lines, said second modems being connected between said interface and voice signal compression and decompression apparatus, said second modems being connected to a data network in said telephone switching centers.