Patent ID: 6295297
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A gateway for connecting an existing circuit network to an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based access network which connects a subscriber and a basic network, comprising:an ATM network connector for performing first signal processing to send or receive a first signal via a broadband ATM network and controlling the first signal processing;an existing circuit network connector for performing a second signal processing to send or receive a second signal via an existing circuit network, reciprocally converting between the second signal transmitted via the existing circuit network and an ATM cell, and controlling the second signal processing and the reciprocal conversion; anda plurality of line terminations for sending to a remote user at least one of said first signal and said second signal or receiving from the remote user the at least one of said first signal and said second signal by connecting to the remote user, converting between the at least one of said first signal and said second signal sent to or received from the remote user and the ATM cell, and controlling the sending, receiving and conversion of the at least one of said first signal and said second signal with respect to the remote user, the plurality of line terminations having memory which stores a first table preset according to virtual path identifier/virtual channel identifier (VPI/VCI) information for providing first tag information corresponding to the line termination, where the first tag information is attached to the front of the ATM cell to send a result to a system bus, and a second table preset with respect to the ATM cell received from the subscriber for providing second tag information on the port numbers of the line terminations and on generic flow control (GFC), where the second tag information is attached to the front of the ATM cell to send a result to the system bus;the system bus for transmitting the at least one of said first signal and said second signal between said plurality of line terminations and said ATM network connector and said existing circuit network connector.