Patent ID: 8861534
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for providing lifeline telecommunication service to customer premises equipment, comprising: an analog frame for providing an electrical interface to a local loop for at least one of data packets and analog telephony signals; a time-division multiplexing (TDM) telecommunication interface configured to receive telecommunication information from a telecommunication switch; a packet data switch having a packet interface for communicating packetized data with devices external to the system; a data packet service module (DPSM) configured to receive the telecommunication information as digital, non-packet data from the telecommunication interface, generate the data packets from the telecommunication information associated with customer premises equipment, and communicate the data packets to the analog frame via the packet data switch; and an analog signal service module (ASSM) configured to receive the telecommunication information as the data packets from the DPSM or as the digital, non-packet data from the telecommunication interface, generate the analog telephony signals from the telecommunication information associated with customer premises equipment, and communicate the analog telephony signals to the analog frame, wherein the analog frame is configured to communicate to the local loop the analog telephony signals, the data packets, or both the analog telephony signals and the data packets.