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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1997
Nicholas A. Balatoni, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Francis I. Akers, San Mateo, CA (US);
Terayon Communication Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and related apparatus for concurrent transmission and reception of at least one analog voice telephone signal and at least one ISDN service signal between a first location and a second location over a single twisted pair using a digitally encoded signal that is selected from the group consisting of 2B1Q and 4B3T signals. The method further includes the steps of sending line power over the single twisted pair, transferring the digitally encoded signal to the second location over the single twisted pair, and detecting non-operation of the digitally encoded signal between the first location and the second location to thereby impose a bypass lifeline and provide the analog telephone signal at the second location over the single twisted pair. The method also includes the step of providing the ISDN signal and the analog telephone signal at the second location over the single twisted pair when the non-operation is not detected. The present method and apparatus can provide at least a 2-to-1 pair gain by multiplexing signals representing the analog voice telephone signal and ISDN service signal, in a specific embodiment.