Patent ID: 7342921
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting exchanges via a packet-oriented communication network, wherein switching of exchange-internal voice data takes place on the basis of substructure elements, and data transmission via the packet-oriented communication network involves Internet Protocol data packets, and the connecting exchanges are connected to the packet-oriented communication network via a respective conversion device, the method comprising the steps of: subdividing the Internet Protocol data packets into substructure elements; providing that each of the substructure elements include both a cell header and a useful data area; transmitting, via a transmitting one of the connecting exchanges, voice data to be transmitted as substructure elements to an associated transmitting conversion device; inserting, via the transmitting conversion device, the voice data substructure elements into the subdivided Internet Protocol data packets unchanged, wherein no compression or decompression of the voice data is performed; transmitting the subdivided Internet Protocol data packets from the transmitting conversion device to a receiving conversion device; extracting, via a receiving conversion device associated with a receiving one of the connecting exchanges, the voice data substructure elements from the received subdivided Internet Protocol data packets, wherein no compression or decompression of the voice data is performed; and forwarding, via the receiving conversion device, the extracted voice data substructure elements to the receiving one of the connecting exchanges unchanged.