Donald J Crowe

US Patent:

6928068, Aug 9, 2005

Filed:

May 22, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/575885

Inventors:

Donald E. Crowe - Morris Plains NJ, US
Harold S. Fluss - West Orange NJ, US
Allen M. Rush - Millburn NJ, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04L012/66

US Classification:

370352, 370389, 370401, 370465, 379 8817

Abstract:

A multi-services access system, such as a multi-services digital loop carrier (DLC) system for a telecommunications network, has a packet-mode card, such as a digital subscriber line (DSL) card, configured to receive data packets corresponding to one or more data signals and derived-voice packets from a single packet-mode customer premises equipment (CPE) unit, wherein the packet-mode card determines whether each received packet is a data packet or a derived-voice packet. The access system also has a packet interface configured to receive the data packets from the packet-mode card and to transmit the data packets to a packet-switched network for packet-based switching. In addition, the access system has a derived-signal server configured to receive the derived-voice packets from the packet-mode card and to convert the derived-voice packets into a digital voice stream, as well as a controller and a circuit interface configured to receive the digital voice stream from the derived-signal server and to transmit the digital voice stream to a circuit-switched network for circuit-based switching. Since the access system is able to assign resources dynamically to packet-mode CPE units (as opposed to prior-art DLC systems, which have resources pre-assigned), the system of the present invention is able to utilize system resources more efficiently. Moreover, since the system has an internal derived-signal server, there is no need to transmit derived voice signals outside of the system for conversion.

US Patent:

61154601, Sep 5, 2000

Filed:

Jun 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/885540

Inventors:

Donald Edward Crowe - Morris Plains NJ
James Patrick Dunn - Northville Township, La Salle County IL
Kimerie Walzer Javitt - Hillside NJ
Hoo-Yin Khoe - Morris Plains NJ
Daniel Nash Utberg - Randolph NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342

US Classification:

379211

Abstract:

A remote call redirection system located within a local access network which directs data traffic destined for the Internet to a channel connected directly to the Internet thereby reducing congestion within the local access network due to data traffic destined for the Internet.