Method and apparatus for providing voice signals to and from a telecommunications switch
US6512764B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2213/13298
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A voice gateway (64) includes an input port (70) that receives a voice signal from an unbundled analog line (62) coupled to a Class 5 switch (52). The voice signal is converted to a digital format by an analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converting unit (76). The voice signal is placed into a compressed format by a compressing/decompressing unit (80) using a selected one of a plurality of compression ratios. The voice signal is placed into a transport frame by a packetizing/depacketizing unit (84) according to a selected packet format. The voice signal is multiplexed with other voice signals by an output port (88). The output port (88) places the voice signal onto a selected one of a plurality of output lines in order to transport the voice signal in its transport frame to one of an office customer premises (12) and a residence customer premises (14).
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