Patent ID: 7324527

Claim:
A method for transmitting data from communication terminals to a switching system via a packet-oriented communication network, comprising the steps of: setting up a data format formed of substructural elements for a data transmission between a switching system and a plurality of communication terminals, said communication terminals being connected to a packet oriented communication network via a hub with subscriber interfaces for each of said communication terminals, said switching system being connected to said packet-oriented communication network via an access unit separate from the hub, transmitting said data in a form of substructural elements to said hub by one of said communication terminals, inserting said substructural elements into data packets by said hub, inserting further substructural elements from another communication terminal into said data packets, such that said substructural elements and said further substructural elements are inserted into common data packets, transmitting said data packets to the access unit via the packet-oriented communication network, and extracting said substructural elements from said data packets by said access unit, and forwarding said substructural elements to said switching system by said access unit, wherein said data packets are structured as Internet Protocol data packets.