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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2000
A. J. Paul Carew, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald D. Lutz, Jr., Round Rock, TX (US);
Brendon W. Mills, Austin, TX (US);
A. J. Paul Carew, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald D. Lutz, Jr., Round Rock, TX (US);
Brendon W. Mills, Austin, TX (US);
GenBand, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A voice gateway () includes an input port () that receives a voice signal from an unbundled analog line () coupled to a Classswitch (). The voice signal is converted to a digital format by an analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converting unit (). The voice signal is placed into a compressed format by a compressing/decompressing unit () using a selected one of a plurality of compression ratios. The voice signal is placed into a transport frame by a packetizing/depacketizing unit () according to a selected packet format. The voice signal is multiplexed with other voice signals by an output port (). The output port () places the voice signal onto a selected one of a plurality of output lines in order to transport the voice signal in its transport frame to one of an office customer premises () and a residence customer premises ().