摘要 |
This invention relates to digital subscriber line arrangements. The invention divides the functionality of an xDSL-DSLAM device into two separate parts: a subunit and upper unit. The subunit contains xDSL line cards for copper pair lines to downstream and a multiplexer for multiplexing the transmission channels of the pair lines to an upstream transmission line. The upper unit contains a CPU, which handles, for example, management and security tasks, a router for routing messages between the channels of a backbone (trunk) network and subscriber lines, and an internal bus for connecting the equipment of the upper unit.
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