Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Through a circuit switch
Patent
1996-01-17
1998-03-17
Kizou, Hassan
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Through a circuit switch
370420, 379220, H04L 1200
Patent
active
057295450
ABSTRACT:
A method of and apparatus for establishing a video dialtone connection between a customer's terminal, such as a set top terminal, and a server system, such as a video server. The connection is established via an access switch that is not part of a backbone broadband network. The backbone network is connected to the video server system and the access switch. A level one gateway controller controls establishment of the connection by establishing a connection between the server system and the access switch using the backbone network. A separate connection is then established between the path to the access switch and a circuit through the access switch to the customer terminal. Advantageously, the access switch need not be a part of the backbone network, an arrangement that is desirable for serving consumer type customers. The connection to the access switch is treated by the backbone network essentially as if it were a connection to a terminal or any of a group of terminals.
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Kizou Hassan
Lucent Technolgies Inc.
Yao Kwang Bin
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