Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided that include providing switching functionality at a low power base station to allow the low power base station to route communications related to mobile devices and a local area network (LAN) over one or more broadband connections. In this configuration, the low power base station communicates over the one or more broadband connections without traversing the LAN, and can thus implement quality-of-service (QoS) or other parameters for connections from various devices and the LAN. In addition, the low power base station can provide additional switching to route communications between the mobile devices and LAN devices using local internet protocol access.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically configuring cross-connects in a switch. One exemplary embodiment is a digital subscriber line access multiplexer for automatically configuring a plurality of cross-connects comprising: obtaining a default logical VPI/VCI address associated with the plurality of data communications channels; defining a first plurality of unique logical VPI/VCI addresses based on a predefined set of rules for incrementing logical VPI/VCI addresses, each of the first plurality of unique logical VPI/VCI addresses associated with one of the plurality of digital subscriber line communications channels; determining a second plurality of unique logical VPI/VCI addresses based on the default logical VPI/VCI address and the predefined set of rules; and creating signal connectivity between the plurality of data communications channels and the plurality of digital subscriber line communications channels by linking the first and second unique logical VPI/VCI addresses.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically configuring cross-connects in an ATM-based switch between a plurality of user-side communications channels and a plurality of network-side communications channels provided from an ATM service provider. The switch comprises a plurality of user ports, an uplink interface, a backplane interface, and a switch concentration module (SCM). The SCM is a network management system for automatically configuring a plurality of cross-connects between the plurality of user-side communications channels and the plurality of network-side communications channels.