Method and system for tunneling wideband telephony through the PSTN
First Claim
1. A system configured to tunnel a compressed wideband audio data stream through a data link intended for a narrowband audio data stream, comprising:
- a first apparatus, comprisinga first transcoder configured to transcode a first compressed wideband audio signal into a narrowband audio data stream, anda first transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the compressed wideband audio signal into a 64 kbps compressed wideband audio data stream for transmission over the data link, wherein the data link is configured to transmit the narrowband audio data stream at a data rate less than or equal to 64 kbps; and
a second apparatus, comprisinga second transcoder configured to transcode the narrowband audio data stream into a second compressed wideband audio signal, anda second transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the 64 kbps compressed wideband audio data stream into the second compressed wideband audio signal wherein a sampling frequency greater than 8 kHz is used to produce a sampled wideband audio signal, which is subsequently encoded to produce the compressed wideband audio signal.
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Abstract
A system for tunneling wideband telephony, comprises a communication device configured to produce a compressed wideband audio signal. The compressed wideband audio signal has (i) an audio frequency passband greater than that of an 8 kHz sampled audio signal, and (ii) a compressed data rate that is less than or equal to 64 kbps. The system also includes an apparatus, such as a voice gateway, coupled to the communication device and a data link, including a transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the compressed wideband audio signal into a data stream including wideband compressed audio data for transmission over the data link.
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1. A system configured to tunnel a compressed wideband audio data stream through a data link intended for a narrowband audio data stream, comprising:
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a first apparatus, comprising a first transcoder configured to transcode a first compressed wideband audio signal into a narrowband audio data stream, and a first transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the compressed wideband audio signal into a 64 kbps compressed wideband audio data stream for transmission over the data link, wherein the data link is configured to transmit the narrowband audio data stream at a data rate less than or equal to 64 kbps; and a second apparatus, comprising a second transcoder configured to transcode the narrowband audio data stream into a second compressed wideband audio signal, and a second transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the 64 kbps compressed wideband audio data stream into the second compressed wideband audio signal wherein a sampling frequency greater than 8 kHz is used to produce a sampled wideband audio signal, which is subsequently encoded to produce the compressed wideband audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for tunneling wideband telephony through a data link intended for a narrowband audio data stream, comprising:
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a communication device configured to produce a compressed wideband audio signal; a first apparatus, coupled to the communication device, including a first transcoder and a first transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the compressed wideband audio signal into the compressed wideband audio data stream, wherein a sampling frequency greater than 8 kHz is used to produce a sampled wideband audio signal, which is subsequently encoded to produce the compressed wideband audio signal wherein the data link is configured to transmit a narrowband audio data stream at a data rate less than or equal to 64 kbps and is coupled to the first apparatus, and wherein the first apparatus is configured to transmit the compressed wideband audio data stream over the data link a second apparatus configured to receive the compressed wideband audio data stream from the data link, the second apparatus including a second transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the received wideband audio data stream into a compressed wideband audio signal representative of the compressed wideband audio signal produced by the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for tunneling wideband telephony through a PSTN data link, comprising:
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a first apparatus configured to receive a first compressed wideband audio signal, the first apparatus including a first transcoder and a first transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the first compressed wideband audio signal into a compressed wideband audio data stream for transmission through the PSTN data link; and a second apparatus configured to receive the compressed wideband audio data stream from the PSTN data link, the second apparatus including a second transcoder and a second transcoder bypass configured to convert, without transcoding, the received compressed wideband audio data stream into a second compressed wideband audio signal representative of the first compressed wideband audio signal; wherein the data link is configured to transmit a narrowband audio data stream at a data rate less than or equal to 64 kbps; and wherein a sampling frequency greater than 8 kHz is used to produce a sampled wideband audio signal, which is subsequently encoded to produce the first compressed wideband audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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