Patent ID: 7403497
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving at a gateway time division multiplexed data from multiple sender devices or TDM channels, the time division multiplexed data including payloads; generating a single generated packet that includes the payloads from the received time division multiplexed data from the multiple sender devices; indicating in the generated packet a destination indication associated with at least some of the payloads of the received time division multiplexed data, wherein the generated packet includes an IP header, a UDP header, an RTP header, and a payload comprising alternating sequences of the destination indication and an associated payload of the received time division multiplexed data, the destination indication indicating an associated data channel; forwarding the generated packet toward a device on an Internet Protocol (IP) based network, wherein forwarding the generated packet reduced latency in receiving the packet compared to receiving multiple packets collectively comprising the time division multiplexed data; and forwarding a tone packet separately from the generated packet.