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System and network for deriving voice channels on a broadband communication line

US8630302B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr. · McLeansboro, US
Dale Brian Halling · Colorado Springs, US
Scott Christopher Goering · Naperville, US
Michael George Gorman · Cambridge, GB
Denise Violetta Kagan · Riverwoods, US
Jeffrey Neumann · Evansville, US
Michael Steven Pickard · Highland Park, US
Michael Tisiker · Westland, US
Bruce Edward Stuckman · Algonquin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 9, 2012
Grant date	Jan 14, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2213/13399
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communications network is disclosed and includes a broadband communication line having a first derived voice channel and a second derived voice channel, wherein the first and second derived voice channels are established as a function of an available bandwidth associated with the broadband communication line. The communication network further includes a residential gateway in communication with the broadband communication line. The residential gateway includes a switch, a network interface device in communication with the switch, and wherein the switch is configured to select at least one of the first or second derived voice channels for voice communication over the broadband communication line as a function of the available bandwidth.

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