Patent ID: 6816726
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H04L,H04Q,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
A telecommunications system for connecting to a network and for routing data of a plurality of different data types between the network and subscriber terminals of the telecommunications system, the subscriber terminals being connectable to a central terminal of the telecommunications system via a transmission medium, the telecommunications system providing a number of communication channels arranged to utilise the transmission medium for transmission of data between the central terminal and the subscriber terminals, the telecommunications system comprising:a transmitter having first transmission processing logic for employing a first transport mechanism to transmit data and second transmission processing logic for employing a second transport mechanism to transmit data; a switching element for routing data for transmission to either the first or second transmission processing logic dependent on first predetermined criteria, the first predetermined criteria comprising at least the data type of the data for transmission; and resource allocation logic for determining based on second predetermined criteria which of the communication channels to allocate for use by the first transmission processing logic and which of the communication channels to allocate for use by the second transmission processing logic.