1. A shielding device for connection strips for telecommunications and data engineering applications, the shielding device comprising:
a plurality of shielding plates, each shielding plate having a longitudinal axis;
at least one base rail, said shielding plates and said base rail being integrally formed from a metal sheet with each shielding plate connected to the base rail via a narrow web, each of said narrow webs being twisted through approximately 90\xb0 , wherein the longitudinal axis of each shielding plate intersects the base rail.
2. The shielding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein spacings between adjacent shielding plates are varied by providing folds in the base rail.
3. The shielding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each shielding plate is U-shaped.
4. The shielding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of shielding plates includes a first number of shielding plates that is one less than a number of insulation-displacement contacts of a connection strip into which the shielding device is to be inserted.
5. The shielding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of shielding plates comprises seven shielding plates.
6. The shielding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base rail defines a hole corresponding with each shielding plate.
7. The shielding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shielding plates includes two prong-like shielding forks.
8. The shielding device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the forks are stepped by means of a shoulder, which tapers in cross-section.
9. A method of producing a shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data engineering applications, the method comprising:
providing a metal sheet;
forming a number of shielding plates, a base rail supporting the shielding plates, and webs connecting the respective shielding plates to the base rail integrally from the metal sheet;
subsequently twisting the webs about a longitudinal axis of each web through approximately 90\xb0 to arrange each respective shielding plate orthogonally with respect to the base rail.
10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising folding the base rail in a region between said adjacent shielding plates to adjust a spacing between adjacent shielding plates.
11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising :
disposing said base rail and said integrally formed shielding plates as shielding inside a connection strip; and
using the connection strip with said base rail and said integrally formed shielding plates for high transmission rates in telecommunications and data transmission applications.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the shielding plates, the base rail, and the webs are initially arranged in a common plane before twisting the shielding plates.
13. The method of claim 9, further wherein forming the number of shielding plates, the base rail supporting the shielding plates, and the webs connecting the respective shielding plates to the base rail integrally from the metal sheet comprises punching the number of shielding plates, the base rail, and the webs from the metal sheet.
14. A shielding device for connection strips for telecommunications and data engineering applications, the shielding device comprising:
a plurality of shielding plates;
at least one base rail, said shielding plates and said base rail being integrally formed from a metal sheet with each shielding plate connected to the base rail via a narrow web, each of said shielding plates being arranged rotated through approximately 90\xb0 with respect to the base rail;
wherein spacings between adjacent shielding plates are varied by providing folds in the base rail.
15. A method of producing a shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data engineering applications, the method comprising:
providing a metal sheet;
forming a number of shielding plates, a base rail supporting the shielding plates, and webs connecting the respective shielding plates to the base rail integrally from the metal sheet; and
subsequently rotating the shielding plates in the region of the webs through approximately 90\xb0 with respect to the base rail;
wherein a spacing between adjacent shielding plates is changed by folding the base rail in a region between said adjacent shielding plates.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for selecting an access transport resource control function for a client access device in a communication network in which each access network is associated with at least one network attachment control function, the communication network having a plurality of access networks and a plurality of access transport resource control functions, each access transport resource control function belonging to an associated access network, the method comprising:
notifying the network attachment control function of an identity of the access network associated with the network attachment control function;
using the identity of the access network at the network attachment control function to enable the client access device to access to the access network;
interacting between a policy decision function and the network attachment control function via a reference point to identify the access network being accessed by a user of the customer access device; and
selecting the access transport resource control function belonging to the access network being accessed by the user, the access transport resource control function being selected by the policy decision function.
2. The method as claimed in 1, wherein the reference point is part of an authentication, authorization and accounting infrastructure of the communication network.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein
an interface is provided between the policy decision function and each access transport resource control function, and
information relevant to the access transport resource control function is sent from the network attachment control function to the policy decision function and then transferred to the access transport resource control function by the policy decision function via the interface.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein
when the policy decision function and the network attachment control function interact to identify the access network being accessed by the user, access network information is exchanged, and the access network information is used for signaling a desired quality of service.
5. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein
an interface is provided between the policy decision function and each access transport resource control function, and
information relevant to the access transport resource control function is sent from the network attachment control function to the policy decision function and then transferred to the access transport resource control function by the policy decision function via the interface.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein
when the policy decision function and the network attachment control function interact to identify the access network being accessed by the user, access network information is exchanged, and
the access network information is used for signaling a desired quality of service.