Voice over IP portable transreceiver
First Claim
1. A system to provide voice communication over a data network, comprising:
- an access point connected to the data network adapted to exchange network messages over the data network; and
a wireless terminal including a transmitter component and a software module, the transmitter component adapted to exchange wireless messages with the access point over a wireless network, the software module configured to provide a plurality of virtual channels, each of the virtual channels being carried over the wireless network and the data network, the software module being configured to enable reception of the voice communication and to enable transmission of the voice communication over selected virtual channels.
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Abstract
Described below is a system to provide voice communication over a data network. The system is described as an access point connected to the data network adapted to exchange network messages over the data network and a wireless terminal including a transmitter component and a software module, the transmitter component adapted to exchange wireless messages with the access point over a wireless network, and the software module configured to provide a plurality of virtual channels. Each of the virtual channels being carried over the wireless network and the data network, the software module being configured to enable reception of the voice communication and to enable transmission of the voice communication over selected virtual channels.
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25 Claims
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1. A system to provide voice communication over a data network, comprising:
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an access point connected to the data network adapted to exchange network messages over the data network; and
a wireless terminal including a transmitter component and a software module, the transmitter component adapted to exchange wireless messages with the access point over a wireless network, the software module configured to provide a plurality of virtual channels, each of the virtual channels being carried over the wireless network and the data network, the software module being configured to enable reception of the voice communication and to enable transmission of the voice communication over selected virtual channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A portable terminal comprising:
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a memory storing software instructions;
a transmitter section adapted for exchanging data with an access point via a wireless network, the access point being connected to a data network; and
a processor adapted to execute the software instructions, the software instructions comprising;
instructions to provide a plurality of virtual channels carried over the wireless network and the data network;
instructions to generate data packets representing an outbound voice communication, and transmit the data packets over selected ones of the virtual channels; and
instructions to receive data packets over the selected ones of the virtual channels and regenerate an inbound voice communication from the data packets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24)
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21. A method for conducting voice communications over a data network, comprising:
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providing a plurality of virtual channels carried over a wireless network and the data network;
transmitting data packets representing an outbound voice communication over a selected one of the virtual channels by a first wireless terminal;
receiving the data packets over the selected one of the virtual channels by a second wireless terminal; and
regenerating an inbound voice communication from the data packets by the second wireless terminal.
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25. An arrangement for conducting wireless communications, comprising:
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a storage means for storing software instructions;
a communication means for exchanging data with an access point via a wireless network, the access point being connected to a data network; and
a processing means adapted to execute the software instructions, the software instructions comprising;
instructions to provide a plurality of virtual channels carried over the wireless network and the data network;
instructions to generate data packets representing an outbound voice communication, and transmit the data packets over selected ones of the virtual channels; and
instructions to receive data packets over the selected ones of the virtual channels and regenerate an inbound voice communication from the data packets.
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