Patent ID: 6160853
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A modem concentrator for interconnecting users at a plurality of user-side data ports to a data network at a plurality of network-side data ports, the modem concentrator providing a use once registration feature, comprising:a cross connect switch,first interface providing data paths from the user-side data ports to the cross connect switch,a second interface providing data paths from the cross connect switch,a modem bank connected to the data paths of the second interface and to the network-side data ports, the modem bank converting upstream data to a format for delivery to the data network,a memory, anda controller responsive to active upstream data at one of the user-side data ports by:causing the cross connect switch to connect a data path in the first interface to an available data path in the second interface,reading the converted upstream data, andstoring a source identifier contained within the converted upstream data in the memory in association with the one user-side data port.