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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Morgan, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
William Witowsky, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Joseph Crupi, North Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/246 ; H04L 1/266 ; H04Q 1/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/246 ; H04L 1/266 ; H04Q 1/104 ;
Abstract
A telecommunications gateway allows packets to be sent over a TDM system and allows TDM traffic to be sent over a packet switched network. The gateway is a universal port that includes a plurality of Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) that are controlled by software. The controlling software determines what single function the DSP will perform over multiple channels. Each DSP handles multiple channels, however, each DSP is restricted such that all of its multiple channels are permitted to handle the telecommunications traffic according to one signaling protocol.