Method and apparatus for providing bifurcated transport of signaling and informational voice traffic
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1. A method of transporting bifurcated voice and signaling data over a network, comprising the steps of:
- identifying at a subscriber device, for each communication link to be established, respective signaling data and voice data;
transmitting from the subscriber device said signaling data via a first network and said voice data via a second network, wherein the first network is different from the second network; and
switching the voice data to the same network as the signaling data when loss of local power is detected at the subscriber device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing bifurcated voice and signaling traffic over a cable telephony architecture by segregating signaling traffic and voice traffic and transmitting the respective traffic over two different mediums to a controller to establish a phone call.
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1. A method of transporting bifurcated voice and signaling data over a network, comprising the steps of:
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identifying at a subscriber device, for each communication link to be established, respective signaling data and voice data; transmitting from the subscriber device said signaling data via a first network and said voice data via a second network, wherein the first network is different from the second network; and switching the voice data to the same network as the signaling data when loss of local power is detected at the subscriber device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a communication system for transporting bifurcated voice and signaling traffic over a network, a method comprising the steps of:
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segregating at a subscriber device signaling traffic and related voice traffic including information useful in establishing a communications link for transporting said voice traffic between a calling party and a called party; transmitting from the subscriber device said voice traffic via said communications link established by a controller, said voice traffic and said signaling traffic being carried via different communication networks; and switching the voice traffic to the same communication network as the signaling traffic when loss of local power is detected at the subscriber device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a communication system for transporting bifurcated voice and signaling traffic between a calling party and called party, a method comprising the steps of:
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identifying at a subscriber device a call request; establishing a signaling link from the subscriber device to a switch via a first transport network; establishing a voice path from the subscriber device to said switch via a second transport network responsive to a determination that said called party answers, said first transport network being different from said second transport network; and switching the voice traffic to the same network as the signaling traffic when loss of local power is detected at the subscriber device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A communications system, comprising:
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a subscriber device for providing bifurcated voice and signaling traffic, wherein said subscriber device comprises a Media Terminal Adapter (MTA) portion and a Cellular Transceiver (CT) portion, wherein said subscriber device is adapted to identify, for each communication link to be established, respective signaling traffic and voice traffic, transmit said signaling traffic via a first network and said voice traffic via a second network where the first network is different from the second network, and switch the voice traffic to the same network as the signaling traffic when loss of local power is detected; and means for converting data packets to circuit switched traffic and vice versa. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A computer readable medium storing a software program, that when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:
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segregating at a subscriber device signaling traffic and related voice traffic including information useful in establishing a communications link for transporting said voice traffic between a calling party and called party; transmitting from the subscriber device said voice traffic via said communications link established by a controller, said voice traffic and said signaling traffic being carried via different communication networks; and switching the voice traffic to the same communication network as the signaling traffic when loss of local power is detected at the subscriber device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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