168 results about "Local loop" patented technology

Methods and systems for proactively maintaining a telephone system local loop. One embodiment includes communicating with a communications network and acquiring information associated with pressure or flow sensors along fiber optic cables. Proactive maintenance of the fiber optic cables is predicted using the information associated with pressure or flow sensors. The embodiment may further include generating and dispatching work order information describing the predicted proactive maintenance. The embodiment may also include predicting proactive maintenance of telephone lines using information from a Dynamic Network Analyzer and using information from a Loop Facilities and Control System. Another embodiment includes a system for predicting proactive maintenance of a telephone system local loop. This embodiment includes a Pressure Alarms and Reports System Module, a database stored in memory, and a processor. The Pressure Alarms and Reports System Module communicates with a communications network and acquires at least one of i) pressure information associated with fiber optic cables and ii) flow information associated with fiber optic cables. The database stores the acquired information. The processor processes information stored in the database and generates predicted proactive maintenance.

The present invention provides a facility management platform to monitor and view the status of a plurality of individually addressable downstream devices including, but not limited to, addressable terminals, IRG's, settops, cable modems, taps, nodes, and/or hubs at a network control center. The FMP may display problems at these downstream devices, for example, power loss, and/or may automatically notify the appropriate companies and/or personnel to correct the problem.

A method for increasing the performance of a transmission control protocol (TCP) session transmitted over a telephony local loop between a client and a server. The method comprises: providing a proxy system between the client and the server, the client and the server being coupled through a network; intercepting, at the proxy system, a request transmitted by the client; transparently establishing a first TCP session between the client and the proxy system, and a second TCP session between the proxy system and the server; and storing data, received from the server in response to the request, in a buffer at the proxy system, when throughput between the server and proxy system is greater than throughput between the proxy system and the client.

A cordless phone 1 is able to communicate signals 3 via antenna 2 and 3 with transponder unit 5. When the transponder 5 is physically connected (as shown) via multi-way connector 12 to base station 19, the system communicates via PSTN interface 9 and cable 10 connected to local-loop socket 11 within a fixed telephone network. When the transponder 5 is disconnected (not shown) from base station 19, the system communicates via external antenna 6 by radio link with a local base station within a cellular phone network. The base station 19 provides means to recharge the batteries (not shown) of cordless phone 1 via connectors 13 and transponder unit 5 via connectors 14, with dc supply being provided by power plug 16 via cable 17. The transponder unit may include a display screen and PDA electronics (not shown), or, be incorporated within a portable computer (not shown).

Methods and systems of managing proactive maintenance tasks for a telephone system local loop. One embodiment includes predicting local loop proactive maintenance tasks, storing local loop proactive maintenance tasks, and searching the tasks using at least one search criteria. The at least one search criteria could include at least one of Proactive Maintenance Application number, Trouble Ticket Number, area code, status, Wire Center, district, manager, and supervisor. The at least one search criteria could also include at least one of technician, date, address, description, technician narrative, disposition code, priority, intermediate status code, work code, authorization, cable, and line pair. The embodiment also permits sorting and editing the local loop proactive maintenance tasks. The tasks may be sorted using at least one sort criteria The at least one sort criteria could include at least one of Proactive Maintenance Application number, Trouble Ticket Number, area code, status, Wire Center, district, manager, and supervisor. The at least one sort criteria could also include at least one of technician, date, address, priority, status code, work code, and authorization. The embodiment may further edit the local loop proactive maintenance tasks using at least one edit criteria, the edit criteria including at least one of wire center, district, priority, date, work code, manager, supervisor, technician, maintenance center, authorization, address, and work description.

Methods and systems for proactively maintaining a telephone system local loop. One embodiment includes communicating with a communications network and acquiring information associated with defective line pairs. Proactive maintenance is predicted based upon the information. The information associated with defective line pairs may be weighted and combined with information from a Dynamic Network Analyzer or with information from a Loop Facilities and Control System. Work orders describing the predicted proactive maintenance may be generated and dispatched.

An operational support system (OSS) which provisions a virtual circuit automatically potentially without requiring any manual intervention. The virtual circuit may be provisioned upon the reception of an order for a connection from a user location to a target network. The OSS is particulary useful to provision permanent virtual connections (PVC) on service provider networks providing high bandwidth connections to user locations on local loops.

A voice communication occurs between a subscriber terminal and a called party terminal through a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or Internet protocol (IP) network. A gateway receives at least one digital voice packet from the subscriber terminal through a local loop, the voice packet including voice data, a context identifier (CID) associated with the voice packet based on a local loop protocol, and no packet header. The gateway maps the CID to a communication session and adds a packet header, which includes routing information based on the mapped CID. The gateway forwards the voice packet to the IP network for routing to the called party terminal based on the packet header. A gateway controller may determine whether to route the call through the PSTN or the IP network based on whether a number of the called party terminal has an associated IP address.

In operational environments where local loop generation equipment is used, communication interruptions between a central office and a customer premises device is minimized by using a dedicated communications link between the local loop generation equipment and the central office. A processing mechanism at the central office determines if, when, and under what circumstances the customer premises device will be notified in response to the activation of local loop generation equipment. This eliminates the need to place local loop generation equipment in series with a communications path that runs between the central office and the customer premises. The central office may provide the dedicated communications link in the form of a telephone line which is equipped to place outgoing local calls, but not equipped to receive incoming calls, and not equipped to place long-distance calls.

Methods and systems for proactively maintaining a telephone system local loop. One embodiment includes acquiring at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of information from a Dynamic Network Analyzer and information from a Loop Facilities and Control System. This information is stored in memory, and the stored information is combined. This method may also include predicting proactive maintenance based upon the combined information. Another embodiment includes communicating with a communications network and acquiring at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of customer information associated with copper line pairs and service information associated with copper line pairs. The acquired information is stored in memory and combined to predict proactive maintenance of the telephone system local loop. Still another embodiment describes a system including software modules communicating with a communications network. A Dynamic Network Analyzer module communicates with the communications network and acquires Dynamic Network Analyzer information. A Loop Facilities and Control System module communicates with the communications network and acquires Loop Facilities and Control System information. A database interfaces with the Dynamic Network Analyzer module and with the Loop Facilities and Control System module, with the database storing the Dynamic Network Analyzer information and the Loop Facilities and Control System information. A processor is also included, and the processor is capable of processing information stored in the database and of generating proactive maintenance.

Disclosed is a integrated wireless local loop (WLL) and wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver apparatus which connects a wireless local loop (WLL) base station and a plurality of wireless local area network (WLAN) terminals, including a WLL transceiver in communication with a WLL base station, a WLAN transceiver in communication with a plurality of WLAN terminals, and a specialized processing device which translates communications between WLL signaling protocol and WLAN signaling protocol. The apparatus allows a plurality of wireless terminals to simultaneously access the Internet without using a dedicated line or a cable line.

A communications platform for enabling the cost-effective deployment of fixed wireless local loop telephone services to residential and commercial subscribers. The platform includes at least one Independent Central Office located within a new residential or commercial development, and connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN), at least one subscriber base station, and subscriber terminals communicating with the fixed network via a fixed wireless local loop radio path. The customer premise equipment of the telephone subscriber is connected to a switch at the Independent Central Office facility via the fixed wireless local loop radio path, and the switch at the Independent Central Office facility is connected to the incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC) switch at the LEC Central Office facility via direct inward dialing (DID) and direct outbound dialing (DOD) services provided via respective DID and DOD trunk lines. Deployment costs of the Independent Central Office fixed wireless local loop platform are absorbed by building the platform in new residential and/or commercial developments and providing the platform as part of the new communications infrastructure.

A telecommunication system for providing a remote access connection having a bandwidth of 128 Kbps or 144 Kbps to any location (homes, small businesses, etc.) connected to a central office by a local loop, and higher bandwidth for some locations. The 128 Kbps or 144 Kbps is provided using ISDN Digital Subscriber Loop (IDSL) technology and higher bandwidth using other DSL technologies such as ADSL. Using shared equipment and transmission facilities, the present invention enables the high-speed remote access connections to be provided in a cost effective manner.

The invention relates to a method for implementing mobile operation of a low-voltage distribution region based on an intelligent mobile terminal. A terminal layer, a network layer and a master station layer are mainly adopted in the method; and the method is characterized in that the terminal layer comprises the intelligent mobile terminal for carrying out tasks of touring, first-aid repairing, defect eliminating, meter reading, charging, surveying and overall protecting and exchanging which are issued by an operation management master station; the network layer is used for constructing an McWiLL (Multi-carrier Wireless Information Local Loop) electric power special wireless broadband network by arranging a service access controller SAC and a base station BTS (Base Transceiver Station), and providing safe, reliable, convenient and fast channels for real-time interaction of background and field operators; and the master station layer is used for carrying out interfacing by arranging a network device, an active service system, an SG186 (State Grid) marketing system and a production management system so as to obtain user/equipment archive data, scheduled task data and first-aid repairing task data, and implementing issuing and estimating of the tasks, and monitoring of executive conditions of field operations.

A plasma processing apparatus and method to control a temperature of a chamber component therein. A process chamber may include a temperature controlled chamber component and at least one remote heat transfer fluid loop comprising a first heat exchanger having a primary side in fluid communication with a heat sink or heat source, and a local heat transfer fluid loop placing the chamber component in fluid communication with a secondary side of the first heat exchanger. The local loop may be of significantly smaller fluid volume than the remote loop(s) and circulated to provide thermal load of uniform temperature. Temperature control of heat transfer fluid in the local loop and temperature control of the chamber component may be implemented with a cascaded control algorithm.

A method, system, and apparatus for initiating a communication between a fixed wireless device and a network entity. A wireless local loop hub or other fixed wireless device upon being reconnected to fixed-position power, will determine if fixed-position power was disconnected for a time-duration exceeding a time-threshold, and if so, responsively initiating a communication with a network entity in order to communicate information regarding the wireless local loop hub or other fixed wireless device.

A radio frequency transmission control apparatus for preventing an oscillation in a wideband wireless local loop terminal has a radio frequency transmitting unit for modulating a baseband transmitting signal to a WLL radio frequency band signal and transmitting the modulated signal via an antenna, and the radio frequency transmitting unit is divided into a radio frequency converting unit and a power amplifier unit in accordance with characteristics of each active element constituting the radio frequency transmitting unit. When a power is supplied to the radio frequency transmitting unit, the power is first supplied to the radio frequency converting unit so as to maintain the same at an operating state. After a predetermined time period has elapsed, the power is supplied to the power amplifier unit. When the radio frequency transmitting unit is cut off from a power, a cutoff of the power amplifier unit is performed prior to a cutoff of the radio frequency converting unit, to thereby prevent generation of an oscillation frequency in W-WLL terminal.

A gateway comprising a first port connected to a network and a second port connected to a target node and being employed for a data stream between the network and applications of the target node, the gateway further comprising: a storage unit to store an IP address of the target node; an MAC address converter to set an MAC address of the target node as an MAC address of the first port; a controller to set an IP address of the second port based on an IP address of the target node, and to read the MAC address of the target node through the second port and set the IP address of the target node as an IP address of the first port; and a router to set a transmission route and transmit data to the IP address of the target node without a local loop back process, in response to the IP address of the target node and the IP address of the first port being the same.