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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2001
Applicants:

Barry J Ethridge, Fort Worth, TX (US);

James J Gainer, Keller, TX (US);

Mahlon D Kimbrough, Bedford, TX (US);

Inventors:

Barry J Ethridge, Fort Worth, TX (US);

James J Gainer, Keller, TX (US);

Mahlon D Kimbrough, Bedford, TX (US);

Assignee:

Tellabs Bedford, Inc., Bedford, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A digital packet access network for transporting voice and data signals in the local loop between a central office location and a plurality of remote local users. The network architecture may also include: (1) a dual-pipelined structure for separately transporting the voice and data signals; (2) a mechanism for prioritizing the transport of the voice signals; or (3) a method of synchronizing the timing of the voice signals to a telephone switch.


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