Patent ID: 6667986
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A communications system for communicating data between a data system and a user connected to a subscriber line comprising:a first module communicatively connected to the subscriber line to receive a first analog signal and to send a second analog signal, the first module having: a first digital connection for sending a first digital signal and receiving a second digital signal; and a signal converter for converting the first analog signal to the first digital signal and for converting a second digital signal to the second analog signal; a second module, physically separate from the first module and communicably connected to the data system, the second is module having: a second digital connection for receiving the first digital signal and sending the second digital signal; and a signal processor for processing the first digital signal received from the second digital connection as a first data stream for sending to the data system and for processing a second data stream received from the date system as the second digital signal; and an interconnection path for connecting the first module to the second module, the interconnection path being a high-bandwidth connection, the interconnection path being operable to communicate the first digital signal and the second digital signal between the first digital connection and the second digital connection.