Patent ID: 6961303
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A communication local area network in a building for providing simultaneous packet based digital data- and analog telephone communication between a central location in the building and at least one remote location in the building, the communication network comprising: a central digital device, a central analog telephone device and, for each remote location—a remote digital device, a remote analog telephone device and a local area network cable having a remote end at the respective remote location and a near end at the central location; said cable including at least two pairs of conductors, each pair operative as a data channel for carrying packet based digital data signals between said remote digital device and said central digital device and said at least two pairs cooperatively forming a phantom channel, operative to carry analog telephone signals between said remote analog telephone device and said central analog telephone device.