Patent ID: 6560244
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for operating a subscriber-side network termination unit of an access line network, the method comprising the steps of:providing the termination unit with a first interface offered by an access line interface control for access line network-side transmission and reception of a transmission frame containing a plurality of data channels including a signal channel; providing the termination unit with a second interface offered by a telecommunication interface control for a subscriber-side offering of both telecommunication payload data channels for telecommunication applications and a signal channel allocated to the telecommunication payload data channels; providing the termination unit with a third interface offered by a data interface control for the subscriber-side offering of data channels for data applications; and transmitting signaling data respectively allocated to payload data via the signaling channel of the second interface offered by the telecommunication interface control before the transmission of the payload data via the second interface or the third interface, and controlling the transmission of the signaling data, via the data interface control, before the transmission of the payload data via the third interface.