Asynchronous integrated voice and data communication system
First Claim
1. An asynchronous integrated voice and data communication system comprising:
- a plurality of data users;
a plurality of voice users;
a fiber optic transmission medium enabling each of said plurality of data and voice users to receive packet type transmissions from all others of said plurality of data and voice users at any completely random time;
a plurality of first means each coupled to a different one of said plurality of voice users to convert voice signals to coded signals and vice versa;
a plurality of second means each coupled to said transmission medium, certain ones of said plurality of second means each being coupled to certain ones of said plurality of second means each being coupled to a different one of said plurality of first means and other ones of said plurality of second means each being coupled to a different one of said plurality of data users to enable each of said plurality of data and voice users to have completely random pocket type access to said transmission medium at any time; and
a plurality of third means each coupled to a different one of said second means and an associated one of said plurality of data and voice users to enable any one of said plurality of data and voice users to establish communication with any other selected one of said plurality of data and voice users at any completely random time.
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Abstract
The asynchronous integrated voice and data communication system includes a continuously variable slope delta encoder and a continuously variable slope delta decoder to convert voice signals to coded signals and vice versa. A packetizer and a depacketizer are employed with each data and voice user to enable each of the plurality of data and voice users to have random access to a fiber optic transmission medium enabling each of the plurality of data and voice users to receive transmissions from all others of the plurality of users. A microcomputer is coupled to each of the voice and data users and the associated packetizer and depacketizer to enable any one of the plurality of data and voice users to establish communication with any other selected one of the plurality of data and voice users.
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33 Claims
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1. An asynchronous integrated voice and data communication system comprising:
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a plurality of data users; a plurality of voice users; a fiber optic transmission medium enabling each of said plurality of data and voice users to receive packet type transmissions from all others of said plurality of data and voice users at any completely random time; a plurality of first means each coupled to a different one of said plurality of voice users to convert voice signals to coded signals and vice versa; a plurality of second means each coupled to said transmission medium, certain ones of said plurality of second means each being coupled to certain ones of said plurality of second means each being coupled to a different one of said plurality of first means and other ones of said plurality of second means each being coupled to a different one of said plurality of data users to enable each of said plurality of data and voice users to have completely random pocket type access to said transmission medium at any time; and a plurality of third means each coupled to a different one of said second means and an associated one of said plurality of data and voice users to enable any one of said plurality of data and voice users to establish communication with any other selected one of said plurality of data and voice users at any completely random time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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