System and method for interfacing telephony voice signals with a broadband access network
First Claim
1. A system for interfacing telephony voice signals with a broadband access network, comprising:
- a plurality of telephony port modules each operable to receive telephony voice signals, each of the plurality of telephony port modules including one or more digital signal processors, each digital signal processor operable to perform one or more processing functions on the telephony voice signals, wherein each of the plurality of telephony port modules may transfer a received telephony voice signal to any digital signal processor on any of the plurality of telephony port modules.
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Abstract
A voice gateway (18) in a telecommunications network (1) includes a plurality of telephony port modules (102). Each telephony port module (102) receives telephony voice signals from a public switched telephony network (13). Each telephony port module (102) includes one or more digital signal processors (110) that perform one or more processing functions on the telephony voice signals. A particular telephony port module (102) may receive a telephony voice signal and use its associated digital signal processor (110) to process the received telephony voice signal or transfer the received telephony voice signal for processing to any digital signal processor (110) on any telephony port module (102). Telephony signals may also be transferred for processing to digital signal processors (110) on another voice gateway (18) in a voice gateway system.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for interfacing telephony voice signals with a broadband access network, comprising:
a plurality of telephony port modules each operable to receive telephony voice signals, each of the plurality of telephony port modules including one or more digital signal processors, each digital signal processor operable to perform one or more processing functions on the telephony voice signals, wherein each of the plurality of telephony port modules may transfer a received telephony voice signal to any digital signal processor on any of the plurality of telephony port modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A gateway system for interfacing telephony signals with a broadband access network, comprising:
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an access network module operable to interface with the broadband access network;
at least one telephony port module operable to interface with a public switched telephone network, the telephony port module including a plurality of digital signal processors operable to perform processing functions on telephony signals received from either the broadband access network or the public switched telephone network;
a system controller module operable to manage a flow of telephony signals between the access network module and the telephony port module, the telephony port module operable to assign telephony signals to any digital signal processor of the telephony port module. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A gateway system for interfacing telephony signals with a broadband access network, comprising:
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a first gateway operable to interface between a broadband access network and a public switched telephone network, the first gateway including a first interface communicating with the broadband access network, the first gateway including a second interface operable to communicate with the public switched telephone network, the first gateway including a plurality of digital signal processors operable to process telephony signals passing through the first gateway;
a second gateway operable to interface with the first gateway, the first gateway operable to share the first and second interfaces and the plurality of digital signal processors with the second gateway. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for interfacing telephony signals with a broadband access network, comprising:
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receiving a telephony signal at a first gateway of a gateway system in a telecommunications network;
providing the telephony signal for processing to one of a plurality of digital signal processors in the gateway system, the plurality of digital signal processors being shared across the gateway system, the one of the plurality of digital signal processors being in a second gateway of the gateway system. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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