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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
David P Frankel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joe Boucher, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kenneth M Kolderup, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jetstream Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of communicating voice and data via a local packet network (LPN) to and from a customer site. A remote digital terminal (RDT) is provided at a customer site to interface a plurality of telephone devices and/or data devices (computers or a local area network of computers) with the LPN via a local loop link, such as a Digital Subscriber Line or a wireless local loop. A host digital terminal (HDT) is provided at a control site within or connected to the LPN that coordinates the communication of voice calls between the RDT and a public switched telephone network (PSTN) switch via the LPN and that coordinates the communication of data between the RDT and a data network within or without the LPN. Multiple telephone calls with the customer site can be supported by the remote digital terminal over a single local loop link connected to the LPN. In addition, the HDT can support communication with multiple RDTs.