Synchronous packet voice/data communication system
First Claim
1. For use in a communications network for communicating data and voice in independent information packets, including voice packets and data packets, through a digital communications medium, an apparatus for coupling digital signals to said communications medium comprising:
- a multiplexing bus, said multiplexing bus including a clock line for synchronizing said information packets;
a multiplexing bus controller coupled to said multiplexing bus and operative to generate at least a clock signal on said clock line to control switching of said information packets, said information packets comprising independently addressable digital data conforming to a standardized time frame of a standardized synchronous communications format; and
means coupled to said multiplexing bus for packetizing signals into digitized information packets, each said digitized information packet having a packet format which is self-contained as to destination and content and which conforms to boundaries of said standardized synchronous time frame; and
first digital communications means coupled to said multiplexing bus for transmitting said information packets to a digital communication medium and for receiving said information packets from said digital communications medium, said first digital communication means being operative to communicate said information packets according to said standardized communication format.
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Abstract
A packet communications network and apparatus for communicating information in voice and data packets transmits and receives voice and data in accordance with standardized frames of a standardized communications format such as a standard DS-1 type trunk. An apparatus is coupled to multiplex standardized channels into a single channel wherein voice or data signals are packetized into independently addressable packets synchronized on, for example, the DS-1 frame. The network includes voice and packet data concentration apparatus operable in a multiple node trunk environment to concentrate signals into independently addressable synchronously switchable packets, thereby to provide an efficient (high data capacity) interface between trunk terminations. Up to four times as much information can be transferred between nodes with the ability to switch between nodes as compared to conventional TDM and PCM communication without compression without the ability to switch between nodes.
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1. For use in a communications network for communicating data and voice in independent information packets, including voice packets and data packets, through a digital communications medium, an apparatus for coupling digital signals to said communications medium comprising:
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a multiplexing bus, said multiplexing bus including a clock line for synchronizing said information packets; a multiplexing bus controller coupled to said multiplexing bus and operative to generate at least a clock signal on said clock line to control switching of said information packets, said information packets comprising independently addressable digital data conforming to a standardized time frame of a standardized synchronous communications format; and means coupled to said multiplexing bus for packetizing signals into digitized information packets, each said digitized information packet having a packet format which is self-contained as to destination and content and which conforms to boundaries of said standardized synchronous time frame; and first digital communications means coupled to said multiplexing bus for transmitting said information packets to a digital communication medium and for receiving said information packets from said digital communications medium, said first digital communication means being operative to communicate said information packets according to said standardized communication format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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