Patent ID: 6219354
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A system for collecting, integrating, and distributing video, data, and telephony signals in a fiber optic communications network, the system comprising:a digital subscriber line access multiplexer including at least one very high data rate digital subscriber line (VDSL) card that receives signals from the fiber optic communications network, the VDSL card having a first terminal and a second terminal; anda service area interface having a VDSL binding block having a first binding post and a second binding post, a feeder facility binding block having a binding post, and a distribution facility binding block having a binding post,the VDSL card first terminal being in electrical communication with the VDSL binding block first binding post and the VDSL card second terminal being in electrical communication with the VDSL binding block second binding post,the VDSL binding block first binding post being cross-connected to the feeder facility binding post and the VDSL binding block second binding post being cross-connected to the distribution facility binding post to superimpose signals from the feeder facility binding block and the digital subscriber line card onto the distribution facility binding block.