Line termination equipment

US7092394B2 · 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
• Peter A. R. Van Rompu · Puurs, BE
• Kurt Pynaert · Comines-Warneton, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2006
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) cells are conveyed over a shelf bus to and from an NT (network termination) card inserted into the bus connected to an ATM network and to a plurality of LT (line termination) cards also inserted into the bus, wherein the NT card processes the ATM cells and provides downstream cells to the bus with a guard byte and upstream cells to the ATM network without a guard byte.