Patent ID: 6266342
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A signal processing environment for an interface that interconnects a plurality of information-bearing channels between a broadband network and a narrowband network, the signal processing environment comprising:at least one processing platform for selectively applying signal processing functions to at least some of the plurality of information-bearing channels, the at least one processing platform having a master signal processing element and a plurality of slave signal processing elements operationally responsive to the master signal processing element, the master signal processing element coupled to receive the plurality of information-bearing channels and arranged to apply a routing function to the plurality of information-bearing channels such that signal processing of at least some of the plurality of information-bearing channels is selectively distributed between the plurality of slave signal processing elements, wherein the plurality of slave processing elements each support a plurality of signal processing functions and the master processing element can dynamically vary the distribution of information-bearing channels according to instantaneous signal processing demands of individual information-bearing channels.