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Network termination unit

US5625685A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 26, 1995
Grant dateApr 29, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/13299
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network termination unit to connect a plurality of analog terminals and digital terminals to a U interface of an ISDN telecommunications network. An echo compensator is connected to the U interface to suppress an echo signal produced by the attachment of the terminal device to the U interface. A first bus connects the echo compensator to a communication controller, an a/b interface component block that is compatible with an a/b interface to which an analog terminal is connected, and an S interface component block to which a digital terminal is connected. A processor system, connected to communication controller and a/b interface component block, programs the echo compensator and the S interface component block. B channels of the ISDN telecommunications network are activated and deactivated in response to commands issued by the communication controller. The processor system further evaluates and prepares D channel signalling data for the a/b interface component block.

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