Patent · US Active

Point to multipoint crosslink

US7856036B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

5References

15Claims

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Assignee

ADC DSL Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Joe Polland · Eden Prairie, US
Manish Sharma · Sunnyvale, US
Xinkuan Zhou · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2008
Grant date	Dec 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/2838
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication network comprises a first central digital subscriber line (DSL) unit having at least one application port and a plurality of DSL ports; a first remote DSL unit having at least one application port and at least one DSL port, wherein the first remote DSL unit is communicatively coupled to the central DSL unit via a first single independent DSL pair having a first EOC channel; and a second remote DSL unit having at least one application port and at least one DSL port, wherein the second remote DSL unit is communicatively coupled to the central DSL unit via a second single independent DSL pair having a second EOC channel; wherein the at least one application port in the central DSL unit is communicatively coupled to an application port in at least one of the first remote DSL unit and the second remote DSL unit.

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