MULTI-SERVICE INTERNET PROTOCOL ( IP) TO ACCESS CONCENTRATORS BUILT OUT OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO PROVIDE VOICE AND DATA SERVICES VIA INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) OVER SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY (SDH), SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL NETWORK (SONET) AND GIGABIT ETHERNET (GBETH)

Computer hardware; and multi-service Internet Protocol (IP) access concentrators built out of integrated computer hardware and computer software for the transmission of voice and data via IP over Synchronous Digital Hierarchy or Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) or Gigabit Ethernet (Gbeth), all for use in the field of network communications