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Client-server architecture for the delivery of broadband services

  • US 20050053052A1
  • Filed: 09/08/2003
  • Published: 03/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A modem for use in a network, the modem being suited for interfacing to telephone subscriber equipment and providing voice functionality, the modem comprising:

  • a subscriber line interface for interfacing to the telephone subscriber equipment;

    an encoder/decoder coupled to the subscriber line interface;

    a voice interface circuit coupled to the encoder/decoder;

    a communication network interface coupled to the voice interface circuit;

    the voice interface circuit being operable to receive digital signals representative of audio signals generated by the telephone subscriber equipment, format the digital signals into voice packets, and provide the voice packets to the communication network interface;

    the voice interface circuit being operable to receive voice packets representative of audio signals from the communication network interface, remove formatting from the voice packets to create digital signals and provide the digital signals to the encoder/decoder;

    the communication network interface operable to transmit and receive voice packets over the communication network without the application and removal of network stack formatting;

    whereby the modem does not require a network stack.

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