Patent ID: 8204006

Claim:
A method comprising: enabling a user interface that interacts with digital signal processing (DSP) resources on a network gateway, wherein the user interface enables an end-user to enter a command for allocating the DSP resources for processing digital voice data for transmission to the network gateway, wherein the network gateway is coupled to the DSP resources via a DSP bypass switch, wherein the DSP bypass switch enables the network gateway to bypass the DSP resources in order to access a memory; dividing, at the network gateway, a time amount in a day into a plurality of time periods, wherein the time periods are based on amounts of incoming digital voice data that are configured for processing through DSP resources on a per network interface bases, wherein the time periods include at least one low-use time period and at least one high-use time period; receiving, at the network gateway, the command from the user interface, wherein the command indicates how to allocate the DSP resources for processing the digital voice data based on variations in the amounts of incoming digital voice data that require processing through the DSP resources and based on a current time period with respect to the plurality of time periods, and wherein a selection of the command is performed through the user interface; and transporting, in the network gateway, the digital voice data based on the selection, whereby the digital voice data is transported through the DSP resources based on the selection is performed to use the DSP resource.