Patent ID: 6160817
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
In a method for using narrowband performance features provided in broadband communications terminals, in broadband networks, the improvement which comprises:switching connections provided for the use of narrowband performance features, through the broadband network, to an interworking unit connected to the broadband network;extracting from broadband network information narrowband signaling information provided in the interworking unit for the use of narrowband performance features and transferred transparently through the broadband network;deriving an item of narrowband control information from the transferred narrowband signaling information in a logic narrowband switching unit connected to the interworking unit;converting the narrowband control information into an item of broadband control information in the interworking unit; andsetting a physical broadband switching unit in the interworking unit using the broadband control information, causing a respective connection provided for the use of narrowband performance features to be switched in a broadband network manner to a broadband communications terminal determined by the narrowband signaling information.