Patent ID: 9332327
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04M,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for scaling digital subscriber line access multiplexers, comprising: electrically connecting a first plurality of terminals of a cross-connect apparatus to a first digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) such that each of the first plurality of terminals is electrically connected to a respective port of the first DSLAM; electrically connecting each of the first plurality of terminals to a respective one of a plurality of conductors bound by a first cable; electrically connecting each of a second plurality of terminals of the cross-connect apparatus to a first multi-pair connector; electrically connecting each of the second plurality of terminals to a respective one of a plurality of conductors bound by a second cable; connecting the first multi-pair connector to the first DSLAM such that each of the second plurality of terminals is electrically connected to a respective port of the first DSLAM; communicating, via the first DSLAM and the cross-connect apparatus, across the conductors bound by the first cable and the conductors bound by the second cable; disconnecting the first multi-pair connector from the first DSLAM and connecting the first multi-pair connector to a second DSLAM such that each of the second plurality of terminals is electrically connected in bulk to a respective port of the second DSLAM via the first multi-pair connector; communicating, via the second DSLAM and the cross-connect apparatus, across the conductors bound by the second cable; and communicating, via the first DSLAM and the cross-connect apparatus, across the conductors bound by the first cable during the communicating via the second DSLAM.