Virtual loop carrier system
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1. A home local area network for distributing multiple voice signals comprising:
- a communications medium comprising in-home telephone wiring;
plural telephone modules coupled to the communications medium, each telephone module capable of supporting at least two phone numbers and having a transceiver for transmitting and receiving voice signals;
a hub coupled to the communications medium including a transceiver for transmitting and receiving voice signals wherein the voice signals are PCM coded signals transmitted within frames of digital bits from the hub to the modules in the downstream direction and from the modules to the hub in the upstream direction over the in-home wiring in a dedicated frequency band above baseband POTS; and
wherein the frames include communication timeslots assigned to individual modules for communication between the modules and the hub, the hub further including a packet converter circuit converting between the voice signals and voice packets and between associated call signaling and signaling packets, and a packet multiplexer for multiplexing the voice and signaling packets to provide a packet multiplex.
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Abstract
A loop carrier system includes a home local area network having plural telephone modules and a hub coupled to in-home telephone wiring. The telephone modules and the hub communicate voice signals over the in-home wiring in a dedicated frequency band above baseband POTS. The hub converts between voice signals and voice packets and is connected to a network access device for transferring the voice packets from the home local area network to a telecommunications network which routes the voice packets to a gateway. The gateway converts between the voice packets and a circuit format compatible with a local digital voice switch.
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1. A home local area network for distributing multiple voice signals comprising:
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a communications medium comprising in-home telephone wiring;
plural telephone modules coupled to the communications medium, each telephone module capable of supporting at least two phone numbers and having a transceiver for transmitting and receiving voice signals;
a hub coupled to the communications medium including a transceiver for transmitting and receiving voice signals wherein the voice signals are PCM coded signals transmitted within frames of digital bits from the hub to the modules in the downstream direction and from the modules to the hub in the upstream direction over the in-home wiring in a dedicated frequency band above baseband POTS; and
wherein the frames include communication timeslots assigned to individual modules for communication between the modules and the hub, the hub further including a packet converter circuit converting between the voice signals and voice packets and between associated call signaling and signaling packets, and a packet multiplexer for multiplexing the voice and signaling packets to provide a packet multiplex.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. In combination, plural telephone modules for converting analog voice signals to digital PCM coded voice signals coupled to a local hub over in-home telephone wiring, each telephone module capable of supporting at least two phone numbers and having a transmitter for transmitting the digital PCM coded voice signals in timeslots in an upstream direction toward the local hub and a receiver for receiving digital PCM coded voice signals over the telephone wiring from the hub in a dedicated frequency band above a baseband, the hub having a receiver for receiving said digital PCM coded voice signals from the telephone modules and converting them to packets for transmission in an upstream direction toward a network, and a receiver for receiving packets from the network and converting them to digital PCM coded voice signals for transmission in a downstream direction toward the local telephone modules.
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