CN1185851C - Reconfigurable on-demand telephone and data line system - Google Patents
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The present invention uses digital communications over a non-telephone wiring network (220) (i.e. existing power line distribution network) to provide telephone line service to individual users (210). The telephone line service is 'on-demand' in that any user can interface a telephonic device to the electrical wiring (220) and instantly obtain telephone line service. The present system may be used to provide primary telephone service and alternatively secondary telephone service for those not willing to pay for dedicated line service. For primary or secondary service, the telephone number associated with the line may be assigned by the telephone company, or utility company, or may be a uniquely assigned telephone number hardwired into each particular telephone to be connected to the electrical wiring (220). The additional 'on-demand' telephone lines may be assigned an identifier, such as a suffix, for use in routing calls to and from the particular 'on-demand' line.
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Technical field
The present invention relates generally to phone and data communication field.More clearly say, the present invention relates to,, use as reconfigurable on-demand telephone and data circuit as LVPS line distributed network with non-telephone network.
Background technology
The existing telephone network provides phone and data communication service for many unique users.Each user is assigned with a unique telephone number, and is provided a special line or a local loop from the customer location to the telephone company central office.Distance from the customer location to the central office is generally several miles magnitude.This central office provides being connected between the remainder of unique user and telephone network.
Each user's local loop can have many phones and other communication equipments, and for example, facsimile machine and modulator-demodulator are attached thereto.But, owing to these equipment all are connected on same the telephone wire, so once only so that a call to be arranged.For example, when using the phone call/facsimile machine of a combination, in arbitrary preset time, can only carry out audio call or carry out facsimile by telephone set by facsimile machine.Equally, when using the telephone/modem of a combination, in officely can only carry out audio call or carry out data call by phone one the time by modulator-demodulator.Usually, wish that audio call and data call or facsimile call can carry out simultaneously, for example on phone, talk as two people, and one of them people will go through this situation when wanting to send fax or data file to another person.Distribute under the situation of a circuit for each user, unique solution is to finish audio call, transmits fax or data, and then begins next audio call.This mode is very inconvenient.
The way that further solves above-mentioned while communication issue is to provide special line more than one to each user.When a user had been provided two special lines, one can be used for voice communication, and another can be used for fax or data communication simultaneously.Provide many special lines also can solve the problem of carrying out voice communication with different user simultaneously for each user.When customer location wants to set up audio call with different users more than one user, this situation taking place.Everyone can begin different audio calls on every different subscribers feeder.
A unfavorable factor of many circuits being provided for each user is the system complexity and the bandwidth that will increase this system of management.The maximum unfavorable factor of bringing to the user is that extra (all) circuits can increase expense---especially in fact second (or additional) circuit may seldom use, and the time of using is very short.Unfavorable factor on the expense that the second tape comes is equally applicable to the situation of single line configuration in many cases.This is to relate to a cover bureaucrat program owing to install and open a telephone wire.When only temporarily using in the short time, this telephone wire just increased the inconvenience that brings to the user greatly.For example, at emergency dwelling, dormitory under the summer time analogue such as house, is installed and is opened a phone, and only just it is removed after the short time, normally inconvenient.
Summary of the invention
A target of the present invention provides a system, and this system as existing power supply line distributed network, provides the telephone wire business with the distribution of non-telephone wire.
Further object of the present invention provides a system, and this system is used for the distribution with non-telephone wire, as power line distribution formula network, dynamically provides reconfigurable telephone wire business.
Another one target of the present invention provides a system, and this system is used for by non-telephone wire distribution, as power line distribution formula network, one or more " as required " telephone wire dynamically is provided for a user.
The present invention is used for a system, and this system uses a non-telephony wiring network, and the low-voltage distribution as existing power supply line distributed network provides the telephone wire business to unique user.Here the low-voltage distribution of indication is used for to single commerce or resident's power distribution, for example, and the single-phase civilian business of 120V.This telephone wire business is " as required ", and the Any user of " as required " can insert electric wire with a phone or other communication equipments, thereby obtains the telephone wire business immediately.This system of the present invention can be used for not wanting to provide basic telephone service for the people that private line service is paid to those.In addition, this system of the present invention also can be used for not wanting for the professional people who pays of special-purpose auxiliary line provides the auxiliary telephone business for those, i.e. second, the 3rd ... circuit.
This power line telephone service of the present invention uses digital communication on electric wire.When being used for Plain Ordinary Telephone Service, the telephone number relevant with this circuit can be distributed by telephone operator or utility company, or the telephone number of unique distribution, the telephone number of this unique distribution embeds in (hardwire) and each particular telephone that this electric wire links to each other.This also can be used for the situation of auxiliary telephone business.In addition, for the auxiliary telephone business, for all phones that are connected with the specific user position, the telephone number relevant with power line can have identical number.These additional " as required " telephone wires can be assigned with an identifier, for example are attached to a suffix on the number relevant with the specific user position, are used to transmit the calling of exhaling into and breathing out on specific " as required " line.
Except using existing power supply circuit distributed network, telephone service of the present invention can provide with arbitrary distributing system, as cable or catv network distribution.
The invention provides a kind of at a customer location one or more communication equipments and use the method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps: use a controller that connects described non-telephony wiring network to be used to be controlled to exhale on the described non-telephony wiring network into and communicating by letter of breathing out; Distribute a telephone number to give first communication equipment that links to each other with the described non-telephony wiring network of described customer location, and on described non-telephony wiring network, offer communication channel of described first communication equipment; For each additional communication devices provides additional communication channels, this additional communication devices links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location on described non-telephony wiring network; And each described additional communication devices of customer location place has been dynamically allocated an auxiliary telephone number when being connected to this network, each described auxiliary telephone number comprises described telephone number and an identifier, and this identifier identifies the specific additional communication devices that described customer location connects.
The invention provides a kind of method that identification number is provided to one or more communication equipments of customer location, these one or more communication equipments are communicated by letter with a telephone network that uses non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps: use a controller being connected with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and the communicating by letter of exhalation to control on described non-telephony wiring network; And use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, each communication equipment of customer location is linked to each other with non-telephony wiring network; And to the identification number of each communication equipment dynamic assignment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at customer location.
The invention provides a kind of method that communication channel is provided between one or more communication equipments of customer location and one use the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps: use a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out with control on described non-telephony wiring network; Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with this non-telephony wiring network at each communication equipment of customer location; And distribute an identification number for each communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at each customer location, and when each described communication equipment needs a communication channel, on described non-telephony wiring network, dynamically offer communication channel of each described communication equipment.
The invention provides at one or more communication equipments of customer location and use a kind of method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps: use a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out with control on described non-telephony wiring network; Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with this non-telephony wiring network at each communication equipment of customer location; And when each described communication equipment needs a communication channel, give identification number of each communication equipment dynamic assignment and a communication channel of linking to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location.
The invention provides from one or more communication equipments of customer location with use a telephone network of non-telephony wiring network that a kind of method of communication channel is provided, this method may further comprise the steps: use a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out with control on described non-telephony wiring network; Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with non-telephony wiring network at each communication equipment of customer location; Distribute a telephone number for described controller; And distribute described telephone number and an identifier for each communication equipment, this communication equipment is connected with described non-telephony wiring network, and it is relevant with described controller, and when each described communication equipment needs a communication channel, on described non-telephony wiring network, dynamically offer communication channel of each described communication equipment.
The invention provides at one or more communication equipments of customer location and use a kind of method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps: use a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out with control on described non-telephony wiring network; Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with this non-telephony wiring network at a communication equipment of customer location; When each described communication equipment needs a communication channel, give identification number of each communication equipment dynamic assignment and a communication channel of linking to each other with described network at described customer location; And collect user's usage charges based at least a mode in following: communication equipment is connected the total time on the non-telephony wiring network, the total time that communication equipment uses, exhale the number of into communication, the number of breathing out and communicating by letter, exhale the duration of into communication, simultaneously Tong Xin channel number and exhalation communication time.
The invention provides and be used at one or more communication equipments of customer location and use the system that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this system comprises: a controller that is connected to described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out; A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit will link to each other with non-telephony wiring network at each communication equipment of a customer location; Described controller comprises a phone distributor circuit and a traffic channel assignment circuit, adopt this phone distributor circuit to distribute a telephone number for first communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, adopt this traffic channel assignment circuit on described non-telephony wiring network, to offer communication channel of each described first communication equipment at each customer location; And described traffic channel assignment circuit also is used on described non-telephony wiring network for all additional communication devices dynamically provide all additional communication channels, and these additional communication devices link to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location.
The invention provides and be used at communication equipment of customer location and use the system that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this system comprises: a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out; A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit are used for a communication equipment at a customer location is linked to each other with non-telephony wiring network; Described controller comprises a phone distributor circuit and a traffic channel assignment circuit, adopt this phone distributor circuit for the described communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location distributes at least one telephone number, adopt this traffic channel assignment circuit on described non-telephony wiring network, dynamically to offer the one or more communication channels of described communication equipment.
The invention provides at a communication equipment of customer location and use a kind of method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps: be controlled at a controller that is connected described non-telephony wiring network and exhale on the described non-telephony wiring network into and communicating by letter of breathing out; With a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with this non-telephony wiring network at a communication equipment of customer location; Distribute at least one telephone number for the described communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, and on described non-telephony wiring network, offer the one or more communication channels of described communication equipment at described customer location; Each additional communication devices of customer location place has been dynamically allocated an auxiliary telephone number when being connected to this network, each described auxiliary telephone number comprises described telephone number and an identifier, and this identifier identifies the specific additional communication devices that described customer location connects.
The invention provides and be used at one or more communication equipments of a customer location and use the system that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this system comprises: a controller that is connected with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out; A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit links to each other each communication equipment of each customer location with this non-telephony wiring network; And described controller comprises an identification code distributor circuit and a traffic channel assignment circuit, this identification code distributor circuit is used for distributing an identification code to each communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at each customer location, when each described communication equipment needed a communication channel, this traffic channel assignment circuit was used for dynamically offering communication channel of each described communication equipment on described non-telephony wiring network.
The invention provides a system that is used between one or more communication equipments of customer location and use the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, providing communication channel, this system comprises: a controller that is connected with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out; A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit links to each other each communication equipment of a customer location with this non-telephony wiring network; And described controller comprises the distributor circuit of an assigned identification codes and communication channel, when described communication equipment needed a communication channel, this distributor circuit was used for dynamically distributing an identification code and a communication channel to each communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location.
The invention provides and be used for from one or more communication equipments of customer location and use the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network that a system of communication channel is provided, this system comprises: a controller that is connected with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller is used on described non-telephony wiring network control exhales into and communicating by letter of breathing out, and described controller has been assigned with a telephone number; A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit links to each other each communication equipment of a customer location with this non-telephony wiring network; And described controller comprises a telephone number and identifier allocation circuit, this telephone number and identifier allocation circuit are used for linking to each other with described non-telephony wiring network and the communication equipment relevant with described controller distributes described telephone number and an identifier to each, when each described communication equipment needed a communication channel, described distributor circuit was used for dynamically providing a communication channel on described non-telephony wiring network to each described communication equipment.
The invention provides a system that is used between one or more communication equipments of customer location and use the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, providing communication channel, this system comprises: a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out; A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit are used for a communication equipment at a customer location is linked to each other with non-telephony wiring network; Described controller comprises a phone distributor circuit and a traffic channel assignment circuit, adopt this phone distributor circuit to distribute a telephone number for one first communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location, described traffic channel assignment circuit offers communication channel of described first communication equipment on described non-telephony wiring network, and when each communication equipment needed a communication channel, described traffic channel assignment circuit also dynamically provided additional communication channel for the additional communication devices that is connected to described network at customer location on described non-telephony wiring network; With a charging circuit, this charging circuit is used for calculating based on following at least a mode user's usage charges: communication equipment is connected the total time on the non-telephony wiring network, the total time that communication equipment uses, exhale communication number into, the communication number of breathing out, exhale the duration of communication into, simultaneously Tong Xin channel number and exhalation communication time.
The invention provides and be used at one or more communication equipments of customer location and use the system that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this system comprises: a controller that is connected to described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out; A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit are used for each communication equipment at a customer location is linked to each other with non-telephony wiring network; And described controller comprises an identification number distributor circuit, and this identification number distributor circuit is used for being identification number of each communication equipment dynamic assignment when each communication equipment when described customer location links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network.
This LVPS distributed network comprises power transformer, and this power transformer connects about 12 positions usually in U.S. system.The number of the position that is connected with each transformer is the amount doesn't matter, by the particular system decision at this place.These power transformers are relevant with a system controller, this system controller is used for Route Selection (route) and calls out " as required " circuit of giving the basic telephone circuit and adding, this basic telephone line is relevant with the ad-hoc location that connects transformer, and this additional " as required " circuit is relevant with each position.Owing in a single one physical communication medium, used a plurality of phones,, controlled the access of communication medium so adopt a kind of multi-access method that transmits as the token formula.One cover as in U.S. Patent No. 4,815, power cord communication apparatus or the similar device announced in 106 are used for power line is inserted telephone plant, quote this patent as a reference at this.
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With other target of the present invention discussed above, the concise and to the point elaboration of performance and advantage is described in detail with following embodiment and is combined more clear, will be only to the explanation that illustrates of this embodiment, accompanying drawing has reflected several aspects of this embodiment, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of an original telephone network distribution;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram that is used to provide the power circuit distributed network of " as required " telephone service; And
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of a customer location, with the connection of explanation " as required " telephone wire according to the present invention.
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With reference to Fig. 1, the part distribution of the traditional telephone network that drawn here.Central office 100 is connected with all unique users 110 by private subscribers loop 120.Each user 110 who needs the additional telephone line to communicate must install and be additional client's loop 120 every month payment functional expenses.This need provide a pair of from the central office 100 special circuits to user 110.As mentioned above, must pay functional expenses in full, even often do not use it to the further user loop.
Fig. 2 has shown the power line distribution formula network that uses through transformer 200, be used for telephone service being provided for all unique users position 210 by low-voltage distribution or power line 220, this low-voltage distribution or power line 220 via line 204 link to each other each customer location 210 with power-line network transformer 200.Transformer 200 links to each other with the high voltage network by circuit 240.What link to each other with transformer 200 is controller 202, and this controller is carried out required controlled function to implement the present invention, hereinafter will go through.This controller 202 can be placed on the circuit 204, or on arbitrary of circuit 220.Electric source line interface equipment 230 is placed between each customer location 210 and the power line 220.This interface equipment 230 can be according to U.S. Patent No. 4,815, a power line communication equipment of 106 structures, and this power line communication equipment can be in the enterprising line number digital data communication of power line.In addition, the inner member of interface equipment 230 as a telephone device can be inserted telephone device in a supply socket like this and can obtain telephone service.Also configurable interface equipment 230 provides traditional BORSCHT function (ring monitors for feed, overvoltage, coding, conversion of 2/4 line and test) and optional battery backup functionality, and this BORSCHT function is generally provided by SLIC (Subscriber Line Interface Circuit).
According to one embodiment of present invention, each customer location 210 is assigned with a traditional telephone number.This number is 210 relevant with basic telephone device 212 in the position.Except a suffix of each 210 places, position sign specific " as required " telephone wire, be assigned with traditional telephone number of position 210 at required additional " as required " telephone wire of this customer location.The distribution of being somebody's turn to do " as required " telephone wire can dynamically be carried out by controller 202, connects an additional telephone at every turn.
For example, position 210 can be assigned with telephone number " 555-1212 ", and additional " as required " line is assigned with " 555-1212-1 "; " 555-1212-2 " etc.The calling of going to position 210 then is routed and sends to first available phone.Like this, when 210 places, position do not have active call, and have a calling to be routed when sending to position 210, this calling will activate basic telephone device 212.For next call, controller 202 knows that basic telephone number uses, so this calling is routed and sends to article one " as required " line, i.e. " 555-1212-1 ".Similar procedure also is applicable to the exhalation situation.210 first callings that produce are counted as and produce from basic telephone number from the position.Next call is counted as and produces from first " as required " line " 555-1212-1 ".Like this, at each 210 place, position, telephone wire obtains in " as required " mode, and the temporary control and education of these circuits is coordinated by controller 202." as required " user of circuit charges and can calculate according to different factors, total time of connecting of phone for example, and the total time of a connection phone off-hook, and exhale into and/or the number of outgoing call and duration, comprise the use of communication channel simultaneously.
According to the present invention, in an alternative embodiment, each phone is dynamically allocated an identification number when inserting.When receiving a calling of exhaling into, controller 202 allows in all rings of all phones that are connected with specific user position 210, and promptly identification number is mapped to those phones of a particular telephone number.This calling route sends the phone that first is replied to.When receiving the next one when exhaling into calling, controller 202 makes all not have the phone ringing that uses.Then, this calling is routed and sends the phone that first is replied to.Same process is used for processing subsequent and exhales into calling.To have similar processing procedure to the calling of breathing out, promptly first phone that sends calling at customer location 210 is dynamically allocated a line.All phones that next send calling at customer location 210 are dynamically allocated circuit when calling out.
In addition, distribute a single telephone number can for transformer 200, and distribute a suffix identifier for all phones that link to each other with transformer 200, be attached to the back of the telephone number of transformer 200.In the present embodiment, needn't pay for client's loop of a lasting special use in position 210.On the contrary, no matter when when any customer location 210 needs a telephone wire, telephone device is inserted the distribution that will produce " as required " telephone wire.
According to the present invention, in an alternative embodiment, the use of suffix can be deleted simultaneously, and is substituted by the unique telephone device identification number that embeds each phone.This usage to the telephone device series number that is generally used for cell phone system is similar.
Because a plurality of equipment are being access in a common physical communication channels, so the multi-access method that has adopted a kind of as local network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) to be adopted is coordinated access.This communication system of the present invention can be the digital transmitting system of a packet type, and wherein each packet comprises header information, the recipient who desires to ask with appointment.This header information can be conventional telephone number, the logic network address relevant with the routine call number, and perhaps it also can comprise suffix information, is determined by the particular implementation system.For transparent fully to the remainder of public switched telephone network (PSTN), this header information can comprise the header information of standard, for example telephone number.The management of the grouped data of suffix layer is then finished by each controller 202.In addition, this header information can comprise suffix information, or unique phone series number.
Referring now to Fig. 3, the customer location 210 that drawn here, this customer location links to each other with a power supply distribution network by a power line.It is inner or outside that Network Interface Unit 230 can be positioned at customer location, as long as it provides required interface function.In addition, Network Interface Unit 230 only can be configured to a line on telephone terminal 300 interfaces, perhaps, also can be configured to a line on many telephone terminals 300 interfaces.In addition, Network Interface Unit 230 can be configured to and many line interfaces.What be connected to power line 220 via Network Interface Unit 230 is one or more telephone terminals 300.When the more telephone wire of needs, can connect additional telephone terminal 300.Additional data communications equipment, as modulator-demodulator, facsimile machine etc. can be connected on the Network Interface Unit 230 similarly.
The connection 206 (Fig. 2) of this network side of controller 202 can directly link to each other with a traditional telephone company central office, or also can be connected to the high-rise switch relevant with controller 202, and this controller links to each other with telephone network successively.This connection can be passed through distribution, cable, microwave, radio wave or light and connect.In addition, this connection can be passed through high voltage transmission line, as circuit 240.These methods can make system of the present invention provide a systems approach for the local call operator, or similar method.
The present invention carries out with reference to a most preferred embodiment in this description of doing, should understand, under the condition that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make various modifications on form and detail.
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1. one kind at one or more communication equipments of a customer location with use the method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, and this method may further comprise the steps:
Use a controller that connects described non-telephony wiring network to be used to be controlled to exhale on the described non-telephony wiring network into and communicating by letter of breathing out;
Distribute a telephone number to give first communication equipment that links to each other with the described non-telephony wiring network of described customer location, and on described non-telephony wiring network, offer communication channel of described first communication equipment;
For each additional communication devices provides additional communication channels, this additional communication devices links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location on described non-telephony wiring network; And
Each described additional communication devices of customer location place has been dynamically allocated an auxiliary telephone number when being connected to this network, each described auxiliary telephone number comprises described telephone number and an identifier, and this identifier identifies the specific additional communication devices that described customer location connects.
2. this method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
Give the auxiliary telephone number of described first communication equipment dynamic assignment that connects at described customer location.
3. this method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
Described first communication equipment of connecting for described customer location distributes an auxiliary telephone number.
4. this method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
Give the telephone number of each described additional communication devices dynamic assignment that connects at described customer location; And
Distributing described telephone number wherein for described first communication equipment is dynamically to carry out.
5. this method of this claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
Distribute a telephone number for each the described additional communication devices that connects at described customer location.
6. this method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
Communication channel from described first first exhalation of communication equipment Route Selection of connecting at customer location; And
From the communication channel of the additional exhalation of described additional communication devices Route Selection, this additional communication devices is identified by each described telephone number, and is connected described customer location in order.
7. this method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
First exhales communication channel into to described first communication equipment Route Selection that connects at described customer location; And
Give in order described additional communication devices Route Selection additional exhale into communication channel, this additional communication devices is by each described telephone number sign, and is connected described customer location.
8. this method of claim 1, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
9. this method of claim 1, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a power line distribution formula network.
10. this method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
Distribute an auxiliary telephone number for each the described additional communication devices that connects at described customer location, each described auxiliary telephone number comprises described telephone number and an identifier, and this identifier is identified at this specific additional communication devices that described customer location connects.
11. this method of claim 10 is further comprising the steps of:
Distribute an auxiliary telephone number for described first communication equipment that connects at described customer location.
12. this method of claim 10 is further comprising the steps of:
First exhales communication channel into to the described first communication equipment Route Selection that connects at described customer location; And
Give in order described additional communication devices Route Selection additional exhale into communication channel, this additional communication devices is by each described auxiliary telephone number mark, and is connected described customer location.
13. this method of claim 10 is further comprising the steps of:
Communication channel from described first first exhalation of communication equipment Route Selection of connecting at described customer location; And
In order from the communication channel of the additional exhalation of described additional communication devices Route Selection, this additional communication devices is by each described auxiliary telephone number mark, and is connected each described customer location.
14. a kind of method of identification number being provided for one or more communication equipments of customer location, these one or more communication equipments are communicated by letter with a telephone network that uses non-telephony wiring network, and this method may further comprise the steps:
Use a controller being connected with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and the communicating by letter of exhalation on described non-telephony wiring network, to control; And
Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, each communication equipment of customer location is linked to each other with non-telephony wiring network; And
Give the identification number of each communication equipment dynamic assignment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at customer location.
15. this method of claim 14 is further comprising the steps of:
(a) exhale when into communication channel is pointed to that customer location for one, make all be connected the communication equipment ring that does not have use of described customer location;
(b) will exhale into communication channel with first communication equipment of replying links to each other at customer location; And
If the additional communication channel into of exhaling desires to ask this customer location, repeating step (a) and (b) so.
16. this method of claim 14, wherein at this communication equipment of described customer location corresponding to those and a specific identifier number and the communication equipment that telephone number is relevant.
17. this method of claim 14 is further comprising the steps of:
Give the communication channel that an exhalation is provided at the communication equipment of each communication channel of need breathing out of described customer location.
18. this method of claim 14, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprise a power line distribution formula network.
19. this method of claim 14, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
20. use a kind of method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network one or more communication equipments of customer location and one, this method may further comprise the steps:
Use a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out with control on described non-telephony wiring network;
Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with this non-telephony wiring network at each communication equipment of customer location; And
Distribute an identification number for each communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at each customer location, and when each described communication equipment needs a communication channel, on described non-telephony wiring network, dynamically offer communication channel of each described communication equipment.
21. this method of claim 20, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprise a power line distribution formula network.
22. this method of claim 20, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
23. at one or more communication equipments of customer location and use a kind of method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps:
Use a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out with control on described non-telephony wiring network;
Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with this non-telephony wiring network at each communication equipment of customer location; And
When each described communication equipment needs a communication channel, give identification number of each communication equipment dynamic assignment and a communication channel of linking to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location.
24. this method of claim 23, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprise a power line distribution formula network.
25. this method of claim 23, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
26. from one or more communication equipments of customer location with use a telephone network of non-telephony wiring network that a kind of method of communication channel is provided, this method may further comprise the steps:
Use a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out with control on described non-telephony wiring network;
Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with non-telephony wiring network at each communication equipment of customer location; Distribute a telephone number for described controller; And
Distribute described telephone number and an identifier for each communication equipment, this communication equipment is connected with described non-telephony wiring network, and it is relevant with described controller, and when each described communication equipment needs a communication channel, on described non-telephony wiring network, dynamically offer communication channel of each described communication equipment.
27. this method of claim 26, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprise a power line distribution formula network.
28. this method of claim 26, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
29. at one or more communication equipments of customer location and use a kind of method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps:
Use a controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out with control on described non-telephony wiring network;
Use a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with this non-telephony wiring network at a communication equipment of customer location;
When each described communication equipment needs a communication channel, give identification number of each communication equipment dynamic assignment and a communication channel of linking to each other with described network at described customer location; And
Collect user's usage charges based at least a mode in following: communication equipment is connected the total time on the non-telephony wiring network, the total time that communication equipment uses, exhale the number of into communication, the number of the communication of breathing out, exhale the duration of into communication, simultaneously Tong Xin channel number and exhalation communication time.
30. this method of claim 29, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprise a power line distribution formula network.
31. this method of claim 29, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
32. claim 1, this method of any one claim in 14,20,23,26 or 29, wherein said communication equipment is one of following equipment: telephone set, facsimile machine, modulator-demodulator, smart phone, transmitting system and computer.
33. be used at one or more communication equipments of customer location and use the system that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this system comprises:
A controller that is connected to described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out;
A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit will link to each other with non-telephony wiring network at each communication equipment of a customer location;
Described controller comprises a phone distributor circuit and a traffic channel assignment circuit, adopt this phone distributor circuit to distribute a telephone number for first communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, adopt this traffic channel assignment circuit on described non-telephony wiring network, to offer communication channel of each described first communication equipment at each customer location; And
Described traffic channel assignment circuit also is used on described non-telephony wiring network for all additional communication devices dynamically provide all additional communication channels, and these additional communication devices link to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location.
34. this system of claim 33, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a power line distribution formula network.
35. this system of claim 33, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
36. be used at communication equipment of customer location and use the system that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this system comprises:
A controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out;
A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit are used for a communication equipment at a customer location is linked to each other with non-telephony wiring network;
Described controller comprises a phone distributor circuit and a traffic channel assignment circuit, adopt this phone distributor circuit for the described communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location distributes at least one telephone number, adopt this traffic channel assignment circuit on described non-telephony wiring network, dynamically to offer the one or more communication channels of described communication equipment.
37. this system of claim 36, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a power line distribution formula network.
38. this system of claim 36, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
39. at a communication equipment of customer location with use a kind of method that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this method may further comprise the steps:
Be controlled at a controller that is connected described non-telephony wiring network and exhale on the described non-telephony wiring network into and communicating by letter of breathing out;
With a non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, will link to each other with this non-telephony wiring network at a communication equipment of customer location;
Distribute at least one telephone number for the described communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, and on described non-telephony wiring network, offer the one or more communication channels of described communication equipment at described customer location;
Each additional communication devices of customer location place has been dynamically allocated an auxiliary telephone number when being connected to this network, each described auxiliary telephone number comprises described telephone number and an identifier, and this identifier identifies the specific additional communication devices that described customer location connects.
40. this method of claim 39, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprise a power line distribution formula network.
41. this method of claim 39, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
42. be used at one or more communication equipments of a customer location and use the system that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this system comprises:
A controller that is connected with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out;
A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit links to each other each communication equipment of each customer location with this non-telephony wiring network; And
Described controller comprises an identification code distributor circuit and a traffic channel assignment circuit, this identification code distributor circuit is used for distributing an identification code to each communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at each customer location, when each described communication equipment needed a communication channel, this traffic channel assignment circuit was used for dynamically offering communication channel of each described communication equipment on described non-telephony wiring network.
43. this system of claim 42, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a power line distribution formula network.
44. this system of claim 42, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
45. be used for providing between one or more communication equipments of customer location and one use the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network a system of communication channel, this system comprises:
A controller that is connected with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out;
A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit links to each other each communication equipment of a customer location with this non-telephony wiring network; And
Described controller comprises the distributor circuit of an assigned identification codes and communication channel, when described communication equipment needed a communication channel, this distributor circuit was used for dynamically distributing an identification code and a communication channel to each communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location.
46. this system of claim 45, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a power line distribution formula network.
47. this system of claim 45, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
48. be used for from one or more communication equipments of customer location and use the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network that a system of communication channel is provided, this system comprises:
A controller that is connected with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control exhales into and communicating by letter of breathing out, and described controller has been assigned with a telephone number;
A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit links to each other each communication equipment of a customer location with this non-telephony wiring network; And
Described controller comprises a telephone number and identifier allocation circuit, this telephone number and identifier allocation circuit are used for linking to each other with described non-telephony wiring network and the communication equipment relevant with described controller distributes described telephone number and an identifier to each, when each described communication equipment needed a communication channel, described distributor circuit was used for dynamically providing a communication channel on described non-telephony wiring network to each described communication equipment.
49. this system of claim 48, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a power line distribution formula network.
50. this system of claim 48, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
51. be used for providing between one or more communication equipments of customer location and one use the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network a system of communication channel, this system comprises:
A controller that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out;
A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit are used for a communication equipment at a customer location is linked to each other with non-telephony wiring network;
Described controller comprises a phone distributor circuit and a traffic channel assignment circuit, adopt this phone distributor circuit to distribute a telephone number for one first communication equipment that links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network at described customer location, described traffic channel assignment circuit offers communication channel of described first communication equipment on described non-telephony wiring network, and when each communication equipment needed a communication channel, described traffic channel assignment circuit also dynamically provided additional communication channel for the additional communication devices that is connected to described network at customer location on described non-telephony wiring network; With
A charging circuit, this charging circuit is used for calculating based on following at least a mode user's usage charges: communication equipment is connected the total time on the non-telephony wiring network, the total time that communication equipment uses, exhale communication number into, the communication number of breathing out, exhale the duration of communication into, simultaneously Tong Xin channel number and exhalation communication time.
52. this system of claim 51, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a power line distribution formula network.
53. this system of claim 51, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
54. be used at one or more communication equipments of customer location and use the system that communication channel is provided between the telephone network of non-telephony wiring network, this system comprises:
A controller that is connected to described non-telephony wiring network, this controller are used on described non-telephony wiring network control and exhale into and communicating by letter of breathing out;
A non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit, this non-telephony wiring Network Interface Unit are used for each communication equipment at a customer location is linked to each other with non-telephony wiring network; And
Described controller comprises an identification number distributor circuit, and this identification number distributor circuit is used for being identification number of each communication equipment dynamic assignment when each communication equipment when described customer location links to each other with described non-telephony wiring network.
55. this system of claim 54, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a power line distribution formula network.
56. this system of claim 54, wherein said non-telephony wiring network comprises a catv network.
57. this system of claim 54 also comprises:
Exhale channel connecting circuit into for one, this channel connecting circuit is when desiring to ask a communication channel of exhaling into for that customer location, make all that be connected described customer location not have the communication equipment ring of using, and will exhale first communication equipment of replying of communication channel and this customer location into to link to each other, if desire to ask additional communication channel of exhaling into for that customer location, the so described channel connecting circuit into of exhaling is used to make residue not have the connection device ring of using; And
The communication channel connecting circuit of an exhalation, the communication channel connecting circuit of this exhalation are used for providing the communication channel of an exhalation to the communication equipment of each communication channel of need breathing out of described customer location.
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