Wireless internet network architecture for voice and data communications
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1. A communications network comprising:
- at least one base station including (a) a subscriber interface which receives and transmits subscriber signals, (b) a PCM interface which receives and transmits pulse code modulation data, (c) a packet data interface which receives and transmits packet data, and (d) a selector circuit which selectively couples said subscriber interface to either one of said PCM interface and said packet data interface; and
at least one central office, operatively coupled to said PCM interface and said packet data interface of said at least one base station, which routes the pulse code modulation data received from said PCM interface of said at least one base station to a public switched telephony network, and pulse code modulation data received from the public switched telephony network to said PCM interface of said at least one base station, and which routes the packet data received from said packet data interface of said at least one base station to an internet gateway, and packet data received from the internet gateway to the packet data interface of said at least one base station.
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Abstract
At least one base station is connected to at least one central office via a T1/E1 trunk. Some channels of the trunk are assigned to carry PCM data destined for the public switched telephony network via the central office, while other channels of the truck are assigned to carry packet data destined for the internet via the central office. The base station includes a wireless subscriber interface, a PCM interface, a packet data interface and a selector circuit which selectively couples an input/output of the subscriber interface to either one of an input/output of the PCM interface or an input/output of the packet data interface.
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15 Claims
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1. A communications network comprising:
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at least one base station including (a) a subscriber interface which receives and transmits subscriber signals, (b) a PCM interface which receives and transmits pulse code modulation data, (c) a packet data interface which receives and transmits packet data, and (d) a selector circuit which selectively couples said subscriber interface to either one of said PCM interface and said packet data interface; and at least one central office, operatively coupled to said PCM interface and said packet data interface of said at least one base station, which routes the pulse code modulation data received from said PCM interface of said at least one base station to a public switched telephony network, and pulse code modulation data received from the public switched telephony network to said PCM interface of said at least one base station, and which routes the packet data received from said packet data interface of said at least one base station to an internet gateway, and packet data received from the internet gateway to the packet data interface of said at least one base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A base station for use in a communications network, the communications network including both the public switched telephony network and the internet network, said base station comprising:
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a subscriber interface which receives and transmits subscriber signals; a PCM interface which receives and transmits pulse code modulation data; a packet data interface which receives and transmits packet data; an encoder which encodes the subscriber signals to obtain a subscriber encoded signal; a PCM coder which is operatively coupled to said PCM interface and which converts the subscriber encoded signal to the pulse code modulation data; and a selector circuit which receives the subscriber encoded signal and selectively applies the subscriber encoded signal to either one of said PCM coder and said packet data interface. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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