Patents Assigned to NTT America, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6298060
    Abstract: An L2 integrated access (L2IA) system is constructed from: L2IA subscribers for supporting communications between user terminals using various communication media, each L2IA subscriber having an L2IA identifier for uniquely identifying each L2IA subscriber within the L2 integrated access system and a terminal ID for uniquely identifying each L2IA subscriber within each communication medium associated with each L2IA subscriber; and an L2IA relay network formed by relay units to be connected with the L2IA subscribers through various communication media and relaying communications between the L2IA subscribers through the L2IA relay network, each relay unit being provided in correspondence to one communication medium such that at least one relay unit is provided in correspondence to each communication medium, and each relay unit having an L2IA relay ID for uniquely identifying each relay unit within the L2IA relay network and a terminal ID for uniquely identifying each relay unit within each communication medium
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, NTT America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Miyakawa, Satoshi Ono, Kazuyuki Terao