Abstract: An address discovery scheme that enables a user connected to a data network to obtain the current address of any other user connected to the network, including users at fixed location and mobile users. This new addressing discovery process is supported by new network capabilities built into the users' networked devices and into new network elements, the address servers. Working together with the new users' networked devices, the address servers enable the establishment and maintenance of temporary associations between users and their network addresses. This information is accessible to other users of the network; however, the individual users have the ability to control its dissemination.

Abstract: In current voice telephony, CATV, and wireless networks, traffic is channelized for both access and transport. This channelization is wasteful of resources where multiple services have varying demands for bandwidth and holding times, or a service generates traffic that is bursty in nature. The invention solves these problems by providing flexible and adaptable multi-service access to the networks. Customer requirements are checked by monitoring traffic on a local access at a connection request and/or during the established connection, and the local access is configured according to the transmission requirements. The local access can also be configured in response to the network information. In further realizations, either or both the CPE connector and access module include common bus architecture which forms a backbone LAN for handling a multiplicity of CPEs and/or networks.

Abstract: In current voice telephony, CATV, and wireless networks, traffic is channelized for both access and transport, requiring a dedication of a fixed bandwidth end-to-end for the duration of a service connection. This channelization is wasteful of resources where multiple services have varying demands for bandwidth and holding times, or a service generates traffic that is bursty in nature. The invention addresses these problems by providing flexible and adaptable multiservice access to the networks. Customer requirements are checked by monitoring traffic on a local access at a connection request and/or during the established connection, and local access is configured according to transmission requirements. Customer traffic is segregated and routed to the appropriate network. One of the embodiments uses 2B1Q line coding and implements a novel protocol to perform the functions of the invention.

Abstract: In current voice telephony, CATV, and wireless networks, traffic is channelized for both access and transport. This channelization is wasteful of resources where multiple services have varying demands for bandwidth and holding times, or a service generates traffic that is bursty in nature. The invention solves these problems by providing flexible and adapatable multiservice access to the networks. Customer requirements are checked by monitoring traffic on a local access at a connection request and/or during the established connection, and the local access is configured according to the transmission requirements. The local access can also be configured in response to the network information.

Abstract: In current voice telephony, CATV, and wireless networks, traffic is channelized for both access and transport. This channelization is wasteful of resources where multiple services have varying demands for bandwidth and holding times, or a service generates traffic that is bursty in nature. The invention solves these problems by providing flexible and adapatable multiservice access to the networks. Customer requirements are checked by monitoring traffic on a local access at a connection request and/or during the established connection, and the local access is configured according to the transmission requirements. The local access can also be configured in response to the network information.