Housing for connection to both broadband and narrowband networks as a shelf in a telecommunications rack

US7042900B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ALCATEL · FR

Inventors

• Richard M. Czerwiec · Raleigh, US
• Joseph E. Sutherland · Raleigh, US
• Peter Schepers · Bornem, BE
• Geert Arthur Edith Van Wonterghem · Eeklo, BE
• Marlin V. Simmering · Clayton, US
• Eduard C. M. Boeykens · Bornem, BE
• Chris Van Der Auwera · Mechelen, BE
• Peter A. R. Van Rompu · Puurs, BE
• Kurt Pynaert · Comines-Warneton, BE
• Daniel A. C. Verly · Sint-Niklaas, BE
• Gilbert Van Campenhout · Hoboken, BE
• Richard H. Bailey · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2001
• Grant date: May 9, 2006
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2213/13389
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A shelf or housing is connected to a narrowband network and to a broadband network for serving a plurality of subscribers includes two sections, one for lowpass filters and another for line and network termination cards. The line termination and network termination equipment are interconnected by a bus internal to the shelf for providing subscriber access. The shelf or housing can be used as a hub for connecting to a remote shelf or housing that includes the line termination equipment for connection to subscribers. Although the internal bus of the shelf or housing is shown in a non-redundant embodiment, an increased level of equipment protection can be provided by placing one half of a redundant equipment pair in one shelf or housing and the other half in the other shelf or housing and sharing network termination equipment between such shelves or housings.