Patent ID: 6292486
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of providing broadband communication services to a subscriber comprising:(a) providing first broadband services from a central office via an ATM link to a neighborhood pedestal system,(b) providing time division multiplex (TDM services including voice communication services from said central office via a TDM link to said neighborhood pedestal system,(c) providing a SONET-ATM communication link from said neighborhood pedestal system over two unshielded pair of twisted wires to a user-to-network interface UNI) at a subscriber locations, and(d) providing ATM services over said SONET-ATM communication link and providing integrated services digital network (ISDN) or voice services within a SONET-ATM data frame using timing of said SONET-ATM communication link, to the UNI,whereby ATM ISDM and voice services are provided between said neighborhood pedestal system and said subscriber location over said unshielded wires,said SONET-ATM data frame being comprised of a repeating frame structure comprised of overhead data and payload data, said method including providing said ISDN or voice services within the overhead data and ATM services within the payload data.