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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1996
Mark Jeffrey Foladare, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Shelley B. Goldman, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
David Phillip Silverman, Somerville, NJ (US);
Roy Philip Weber, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for linking multiple baseband telephone lines to provide broadband communication. The apparatus includes a broadband port, a plurality of baseband ports, and a controller. The broadband port provides connection to a broadband device or broadband communication line. The baseband ports provide connection to baseband communication lines. The controller integrates baseband data streams accepted at the baseband ports into a broadband data stream for transmission at the broadband port, and/or demultiplexes a broadband data stream received at the broadband port into baseband streams for transmission at the baseband ports. The baseband data include message data corresponding to the message data of the broadband stream, and control data describing an interrelationship among the message data, for controlling integrating of the baseband message data. The invention allows an individual to use multiple plain old telephone service (POTS) lines in combination to emulate the capability of a broadband line.