Patent ID: 6778525
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
In an access data network, comprising:a communication access node coupled to a wide area internetwork; a plurality of digital subscriber line transceivers coupled to network ends of subscriber lines, for data communication with transceivers coupled to respective customer premises ends of respective subscriber lines; an access switch coupled for data communications with the digital subscriber line transceivers, for receiving data from customer premises equipment via respective ones of the digital subscriber line transceivers and for supplying data intended for transmission to predetermined customer premises equipment to the respective ones of the digital subscriber line transceivers; a high-speed data link between the access switch and the communication access node; a vertical services network coupled locally to the access switch, wherein the access switch segregates upstream traffic from the respective customer premises equipment between the vertical services network and the high-speed data link to the communication access node, and the access switch aggregate downstream traffic from the vertical services network and the high-speed data link from the communication access node for transmission to the respective customer premises equipment, a method of establishing services for one of the customers in said access data network, comprising the steps of: conducting an interactive session between customer premises equipment of the one customer and a server coupled to the vertical services network, to obtain customer service selection data from the one customer; automatically determining a capability of the access data network to provide a service to the customer premises equipment of the one customer; and automatically provisioning a logical circuit for the one customer extending from the customer premises equipment of the one customer to the access node via the access switch and the high-speed data link, in accord with an appropriate one or more of the determined capability and the customer service selection data.