摘要 |
A remote terminal (40) for use at an access network node of a network (10) provides a plurality of telecommunications services, the remote terminal (40) providing selected ones of the telecommunications services to at least one corresponding terminal device (62). The telecommunications services provided by the network include a plain old telephone service (POTS) (16), an integrated service digital network service (ISDN) (18), and internet services such as xDSN. In one embodiment, the remote terminal (40) comprises: a digital signal processor (120) coupled for communication with the network, the digital signal processor (120) having a plurality of terminal ports; and a plurality of subscriber line interface circuits (SLIC's) (124), each of the SLIC's (124) providing an interface between a corresponding one of the terminal ports and at least one corresponding terminal device (62), the digital signal processor (120) being configured to provide selected ones of the telecommunications services to corresponding ones of the terminal devices.
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