Appeal No. 1998-2435
Application No. 08/516,216
wires. The method includes providing a SONET-ATM
communication link from a neighborhood pedestal system over
the unshielded twisted pair wires to a subscriber location,
and providing ISDN services within the overhead data and ATM
services within the payload data of a SONET-ATM data frame.
Claim 2 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads
as follows:
2. A method of providing broadband communication services
to a subscriber comprising:
(a) providing first broadband services from a central
office via an ATM link to a neighborhood pedestal system,
(b) providing time division multiplex (TDM) services
including voice communication services from said central
office via a TDM link to said neighborhood pedestal system,
(c) providing a SONET-ATM communication link from said
neighborhood pedestal system over two unshielded pair of
twisted wires to a user-to-network interface (UNI) at a
subscriber location, and
(d) providing ATM services over said SONET-ATM
communication link and providing integrated services digital
network (ISDN) or voice services within a SONET-ATM data frame
using timing of said SONET-ATM communication link, to the UNI,
whereby ATM, ISDN and voice services are provided between
said neighborhood pedestal system and said subscriber location
over said unshielded wires,
said SONET-ATM data frame being comprised of a repeating
frame structure comprised of overhead data and payload data,
said method including providing said ISDN or voice services
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