| 摘要 |
<p>The outside distribution plant of the invention consists of a remote terminal (12) such as a digital loop carrier, broadband distribution element or the like that receives telecommunications signals from a switching system (24) or other network element. The signals are delivered to a variety of different types of line cards (16) where each of the different types of line cards provide a different type of telecommunications service as is known in the prior art. Connection lines (30) emanating from the line cards are connected to the inputs of a remotely controlled crossbar array (22) where the inputs of the array can be selectively connected to the outputs of the crossbar array. The outputs of the crossbar array are connected to distribution lines (28) that terminate at one of a plurality of feeder distribution interfaces (20) that connect to customer lines (32) that terminate a customer premise equipment (6). By properly configuring the crossbar array (22), the line cards (16) can be connected to any of the feeder distribution interfaces (20) such that any customer line (32) has access to any available line card (16). In this manner the network resources can be efficiently distributed among the customer lines <IMAGE></p> |
