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Four-wire line unit interface circuit

CA 2050428 C · Owner: Alcatel Networks Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Mcnulty, Timothy J.

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A four-wire line unit interface circuit used on four-wire line units in a line shelf of a digital loop carrier provides all of the logic necessary to access a subscriber line to a line unit interface bus connected to common equipment within the line shelf. Information received from the common equipment includes signaling data, configuration data and provisioning data which is reconfigured and processed by the line unit interface circuit for controlling the subscriber line. Configuration data from the common equipment is decoded to assign time slots on a line unit interface bus to the various channels serviced by the line shelf and to further provide for a timing offset between the transmit …

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  • Filed August 30, 1991 and granted January 5, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 30, 2011.
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FiledAugust 30, 1991
GrantedJanuary 5, 1999
Term endedAugust 30, 2011
Patent numberCA 2050428 C
Classification (IPC)G06F13/00 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 30, 1991Patent grantedJan 5, 1999Term endedAug 30, 2011

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