Patent ID: 7068756

Claim:
A method of providing a multiple interface system comprising the steps of: providing a first module having a first physical telecommunications interface and running a first telecommunications protocol, said first module having an H.100 switchblock in communication with said first telecommunications interface, a local switchblock in communication with said H.100 switchblock, a High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) circuit in communication with said local switchblock, a digital signal processor in communication with said local switchblock and at least one framer in communication with said local switchblock; providing a second module having a second physical telecommunications interface and capable of running a second telecommunications protocol which is different than said first telecommunications protocol, said second physical telecommunications interface being different from said first physical telecommunications interface, said second module running said first telecommunications protocol, said second module having a second H.100 switchblock in communication with said second telecommunications interface, a second local switchblock in communication with said second H.100 switchblock, a second HDLC circuit in communication with said second local switchblock, a second digital signal processor in communication with said second local switchblock and at least one second framer in communication with said second local switch block; and sharing a resource from said second module with said first module.