Patent ID: 6973074
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of transporting voice, voiceband data and phone signaling over a network, the method comprising the steps of: converting analog phone signals into voice packets for transporting digitized voice, digitized voiceband data and digitized phone signaling, wherein said voice packets conform to a set of protocols that excludes Internet Protocol (IP), and wherein each of said voice packets is an Ethernet packet encapsulating one ATM Adaptation Layer 2 (AAL2) cell; setting a field in a frame header of a HomePNA frame that encapsulates each of the voice packets associated with the digitized voice and digitized voiceband indicating that the voice packets are to be transmitted at a highest level of priority of a phone line local area network that supports levels of transmission priority for transmitting data; and transmitting said voice packets over the phone line local area network without a separate voice dedicated network and without a logically separate voice network, wherein the voice packets associated with the digitized voice and digitized voiceband are transmitted at the highest level of priority as indicated by the setting of the field in the frame header, wherein said phone line local area network follows a HomePNA network protocol.