Method of using a narrowband server to provide service features to broadband subscribers

摘要

A method for providing narrowband-related service features to subscribing broadband lines (131,133) comprises establishing a composite voice path interconnecting a narrowband server (119) and the subscribing broadband line (131) via a broadband switching fabric (106). Particularly, a call set-up signal is received in a broadband call processor (104), converted to narrowband signaling format and extended to a designated narrowband server (119). Responsive to receipt of the call set-up signal, the designated narrowband server (119) establishes a narrowband voice path interconnecting a narrowband network element (177) to a synchronous-asynchronous converter (116). Subsequently, the broadband call processor (104) establishes a broadband segment interconnecting the subscribing broadband line (131) with the synchronous-asynchronous converter (116). The broadband segment corresponds to the narrowband voice path to form a composite voice path. The composite voice path is used by the designated narrowband server (119) to provide narrowband-related service features to the subscribing broadband line (131). After a call in which narrowband-related features may be invoked has been disconnected, the composite voice path is released.