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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2009
Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., St. Charles, IL (US);
Dale Brian Halling, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Scott Christopher Goering, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael George Gorman, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Denise Violetta Kagan, Riverwoods, IL (US);
Jeffrey Neumann, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael Steven Pickard, Highland Park, IL (US);
Michael Tisiker, Westland, MI (US);
Bruce Edward Stuckman, Algonquin, IL (US);
Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., St. Charles, IL (US);
Dale Brian Halling, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Scott Christopher Goering, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael George Gorman, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Denise Violetta Kagan, Riverwoods, IL (US);
Jeffrey Neumann, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael Steven Pickard, Highland Park, IL (US);
Michael Tisiker, Westland, MI (US);
Bruce Edward Stuckman, Algonquin, IL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A communications network is disclosed and includes a broadband communication line having a first derived voice channel and a second derived voice channel, wherein the first and second derived voice channels are established as a function of an available bandwidth associated with the broadband communication line. The communication network further includes a residential gateway in communication with the broadband communication line. The residential gateway includes a switch, a network interface device in communication with the switch, and wherein the switch is configured to select at least one of the first or second derived voice channels for voice communication over the broadband communication line as a function of the available bandwidth.