Patent ID: 6639913
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A system for communicating voice over a local packet network (LPN) to and from a customer site connected to the LPN via a local loop link, comprising:a remote digital terminal at the customer site, the remote digital terminal interfacing a plurality of telephone devices at the customer site to the local loop link to transmit and receive voice via the LPN; a host digital terminal at a control site within or connected to the LPN that interfaces at least one voice call between the remote digital terminal and a public switched telephone network (PSTN) switch via the LPN; and a wire center remote digital terminal that connects to a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM), the wire center remote digital terminal in communication with the LPN, the wire center remote digital terminal providing a standard analog telephone service between each of a plurality of standard telephone ports and the PSTN switch through the host digital terminal, where each of the plurality of standard telephone ports is suitable for connection to a subscriber loop link, where the subscriber loop link is communicatively coupled with a subscriber site.