Patent ID: 6760326
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A local area network (â€œLANâ€ ) communicating apparatus connecting a telephone and a LAN terminal, said apparatus comprising:(a) a telephone interface for coupling to the telephone; (b) a downstream LAN interface for coupling to the LAN terminal; (c) an upstream LAN interface for coupling to an upstream LAN; (d) a voice processor providing a voice stream from said telephone interface with at least one of an echo-cancellation process, coding process and exchanging process; (e) a voice internet protocol (â€œIPâ€ ) processor for packetizing a voice stream from said voice processor; and (f) a bridge section for; receiving voice frames from said voice IP processor; receiving data frames from said downstream LAN interface; receiving a volume of traffic which includes data frames from another LAN communicating apparatus, via said upstream LAN interface; (g) a traffic controller which monitors said volume of traffic and which signals said another LAN communicating apparatus to regulate sending of said data frames in order to adjust said volume.