Method and Apparatus for Providing Voice Signals To and From a Telecommunications Switch
First Claim
1. A system for supporting oversubscription, comprising:
- a telecommunications switch operable to assign a plurality of telephone numbers to a line, to receive an incoming call for one of the telephone numbers, and to route the incoming call associated with the telephone number using the line; and
a voice gateway coupled to the telecommunications switch using the line, the voice gateway operable to receive the incoming call, to detect a unique distinctive ring assigned to the telephone number associated with the incoming call, and to route the incoming call according to the distinctive ring.
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Abstract
A voice gateway (64) includes an input port (70) that receives a voice signal from an unbundled analog line (62) coupled to a Class 5 switch (52). The voice signal is converted to a digital format by an analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converting unit (76). The voice signal is placed into a compressed format by a compressing/de-compressing unit (80) using a selected one of a plurality of compression ratios. The voice signal is placed into a transport frame by a packetizing/de-packetizing unit (84) according to a selected packet format. The voice signal is multiplexed with other voice signals by an output port (88). The output port (88) 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 (12) and a residence customer premises (14).
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30 Claims
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1. A system for supporting oversubscription, comprising:
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a telecommunications switch operable to assign a plurality of telephone numbers to a line, to receive an incoming call for one of the telephone numbers, and to route the incoming call associated with the telephone number using the line; and
a voice gateway coupled to the telecommunications switch using the line, the voice gateway operable to receive the incoming call, to detect a unique distinctive ring assigned to the telephone number associated with the incoming call, and to route the incoming call according to the distinctive ring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. A voice gateway for supporting oversubscription of a line coupled to a telecommunications switch, the voice gateway operable to receive an incoming call with a distinctive ring from the line and to route the incoming call to a destination according to the distinctive ring.
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13. A method for supporting oversubscription of a line coupled to a telecommunications switch, comprising:
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receiving an incoming call with a distinctive ring from the line coupled to the telecommunication switch;
routing the incoming call to a destination according to the distinctive ring. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for supporting oversubscription of a line coupled to a telecommunications switch, comprising:
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means for receiving an incoming call with a distinctive ring from the line coupled to the telecommunication switch;
means for routing the incoming call to a destination according to the distinctive ring. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer readable medium including code for supporting oversubscription of a line coupled to a telecommunications switch, the code operable to:
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receive an incoming call with a distinctive ring from the line coupled to the telecommunication switch;
route the incoming call to a destination according to the distinctive ring. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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Specification