Patent ID: 6246703
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for communicating over a communications line of a communications network capable of providing a first-type channel having a relatively low bandwidth and at least one second-type channel having a relatively high bandwidth over the communications line, the method comprising the steps of:(a) establishing a virtual circuit that does not require an access identifier (ID) between a calling node of the network and an access ID server of the network using the first-type channel, wherein an access ID is required to be provided to a switching system of a central office facility of the network in order to establish a circuit over a second-type channel;(b) requesting an access ID from the access ID server over the virtual circuit that will enable a circuit to be established between the calling node and an end point of the network using the at least one second-type channel;(c) receiving, with the calling node, the access ID from the access ID server over the virtual circuit; and(d) establishing the circuit over at least one second-type channel by providing the access ID to the switching system.