System and method of providing a high-quality voice network architecture
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising;
receiving, via a telephone local loop, a sound signal based on audio received at a communication device, wherein the sound signal is digitized from the audio; and
transmitting, to a packet network, a packetized signal generated based on the sound signal, wherein a network switch is configured to change between an on-network status associated with a first audio quality and an off-network status associated with a second, lower audio quality based on the packetized signal.
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Abstract
Providing high quality voice/sound communications over a local loop of a telephone network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a voice signal, digitizing the voice signal into a high quality voice signal, utilizing sampling rates and/or sizes above the threshold, negotiating voice processing characteristics between a customer premises equipment and a network element, receiving speech at a customer premises equipment according to the negotiation, converting the received speech into high bandwidth signal and transmitting the high bandwidth signal to a telephone local loop, transmitting the high bandwidth signal from the local loop to wideband node that packetizes the high bandwidth signal for transmission to a packet network and receiving the packetized signal from the packet network at a switch that switches between an on-network or off-network status. A voice over IP platform can route packetized signals from the packet network to the telephone network or another packet network.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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at least one processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising; receiving, via a telephone local loop, a sound signal based on audio received at a communication device, wherein the sound signal is digitized from the audio; and transmitting, to a packet network, a packetized signal generated based on the sound signal, wherein a network switch is configured to change between an on-network status associated with a first audio quality and an off-network status associated with a second, lower audio quality based on the packetized signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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receiving, from a telephone local loop, a sound signal based on audio received at a communication device, wherein the sound signal is digitized from the audio utilizing sampling rates greater than 8000 samples per second and sample sizes greater than 8 bits per sample; and transmitting, to a packet network, a packetized signal generated based on the sound signal, wherein a network switch is configured to change between an on-network status associated with a first audio quality and an off-network status associated with a second, lower audio quality based on the packetized signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, from a telephone local loop, a sound signal based on audio received at a communication device, wherein the sound signal is digitized from the audio utilizing sampling greater than 8000 samples per second and sample sizes greater than 8 bits per sample; and transmitting, to a packet network, a packetized signal generated based on the sound signal, wherein a network switch is configured to change between an on-network status associated with a first audio quality and an off-network status associated with a second, lower audio quality based on the packetized signal.
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