System and method for mapping end user identifiers to access device identifiers
US8462626B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5679
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present system uses point-to-point data links between intelligent network elements located in the feeder/distribution network to provide reliable, secure, bi-directional broadband access. Digital signals, or messages, are terminated at the intelligent network elements, switched and regenerated for transmission across additional upstream or downstream data links as needed to connect a home to a headend or router. Messages indicative of an end user routing ID (RID) are identified and the information extracted for user with successive messages. In this manner, the data links are made over relatively short runs of coax cable, which can provide greater bandwidth than the typical end-to-end feeder/distribution connection between a home and the headend or optical network unit.
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