Patent ID: 6480487
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A remote terminal for providing communication between a central office and subscriber premises equipment within a prescribed serving area, the remote terminal comprising:a first bus for carrying digitally multiplexed narrowband data channels to and from the central office; a second bus for carrying digitally multiplexed broadband data channels; a set of first subscriber line circuits, connected to the first bus, for logically connecting first subscriber loops serving a first group of subscribers to the narrowband data channels; a set of second subscriber line circuits, connected to the first bus and the second bus, for logically connecting second subscriber loops serving a second group of subscribers to the narrowband data channels and the broadband channels; and a terminal controller for controlling logical connections between the first subscriber loops and the narrowband data channels, and between the second subscriber loops and the narrowband data channels and the broadband channels.