Patent ID: 6259708
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a communications system, a remote terminal for communicating voiceband signals over a digital subscriber line (DSL), the DSL coupled to a wire line pair connection providing a communications link from at least one voiceband device and one digital data device to a central office facility, the remote terminal comprising:a voice frequency interface with first and second terminals, said first terminal coupled to said voiceband device;a digital data interface with first and second terminals, said first terminal coupled to said digital data device;a means of digitizing voiceband signals having an input terminal coupled to said second terminal of said voice frequency interface and an output terminal; anda DSL compliant device with first, second and third terminals, said first terminal coupled to said digital data interface for communicating with said digital data device, said second terminal coupled to said output terminal of said means of digitizing voiceband signals and said third terminal coupled to said wire line pair connection;wherein said DSL compliant device is configured to accept as input the digitized voiceband signal components from said means of digitizing voiceband signals and intersperse them into a DSL signal stream transmitted to the central office facility.