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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2004
David Cheng-song Qi, Westford, MA (US);
Yan Wang, Arlington, MA (US);
Timothy G. Wade, Litchfield, NH (US);
William B. Page, Hudson, MA (US);
David Cheng-Song Qi, Westford, MA (US);
Yan Wang, Arlington, MA (US);
Timothy G. Wade, Litchfield, NH (US);
William B. Page, Hudson, MA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, or corresponding apparatus, assumes a call is a Voice Band Data (VBD) call. The method disables a local echo canceller and transmits a tone that disables distal echo canceller(s) along a communications path across which the call is communicated. After disabling the echo cancellers, the echo cancellers are allowed to operate in a typical manner, such as according to ITU standards, after the call is established, including remaining disabled if the call is a Voice Band Data call and being automatically enabled if the call is or becomes a voice call. The method or apparatus is particularly useful in networks having Point of Service (POS) devices that have modems that do not send out a 2100 Hz tone to disable echo cancelling in the communications path. In one embodiment, the method or corresponding apparatus is deployed in a gateway.