Multiplex communications – Wide area network – Packet switching
Patent
1982-10-12
1985-04-09
Olms, Douglas W.
Multiplex communications
Wide area network
Packet switching
H04Q 1104
Patent
active
045105960
ABSTRACT:
A PCM switching system requires the assignment of either one or two time slots of a pair of time slots to a port circuit depending upon the type of service (voice only or voice plus data) each port circuit provides. Common resources normally assign a pair of time slots to each port circuit. This wastes time slots when the port circuit is used in a manner (voice only service) that requires only a single time slot. The disclosed arrangement eliminates the wasting of time slots by permitting the on-site reconfiguring of the system resources so that, when desired, only a single time slot can be assigned to a port circuit. This is accomplished by the removal of a first type of carrier control board that controls time slot distribution and by the substitution therefore of a second type of control board that applies the first time slot of a pair to its normally assigned port circuit and applies the second time slot of the same pair to another port circuit on the same carrier that also only requires a single time slot. This permits a given system to be configured initially in a first mode and then be subsequently reconfigured on-site so the port circuits of a carrier can each be assigned either one or two time slots. This arrangement avoids the wasting of time slots or costly on-site modifications as service needs change.
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Hartmann Philip W.
Kohs Dwight W.
Spencer Douglas A.
Turnbow Garry V.
AT&T Bell Labs
Chin Wellington
Duft Donald M.
Olms Douglas W.
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