Patent ID: 6512762
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
An apparatus for communicating telecommunication information between customer premises equipment and network equipment, comprising:a subscriber line interface operable to receive an analog telephone signal communicating the telecommunication information from a subscriber line; a processing module operable to receive the analog telephone signal and to process the analog telephone signal to generate data packets for communicating the telecommunication information over a local loop circuit to the network equipment in a first mode of operation, wherein the processing module is further operable to determine whether it can communicate with a gateway using the data packets, to select the first mode of operation in response to determining that it can communicate with the gateway using the data packets, and to select the second mode of operation in response to determining that it cannot communicate with the gateway using the data packets; and a bypass switch operable to communicate the analog telephone signal from the interface to the processing module in the first mode of operation and to communicate the analog telephone signal from the interface over the local loop circuit to the network equipment in a second mode of operation.