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Network server platform for a hybrid fiber twisted pair local loop network service architecture

US6229810A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1997
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S370/906
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides a network server platform forming part of a new local loop network architecture designed to overcome the limitations of current art local access loop technologies. This invention allows end users to seamlessly connect to the numerous disparate networks in order to access the multiplicity of services that these networks have to offer. The network server platform allows interconnection between networks with varying networking protocols. The network server platform is a key component of the new architecture and interacts to allow for easy and seamless integration with network components on both the local access level as well as the core network. The network server platform offers external networking capabilities to the local access network. As a result, the local access network terminates on the network server platform. The network server platform provides subscribers or end users the capabilities to access services from a multiplicity of disparate networks offering a variety of services.

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