Patent ID: 7558207

Claim:
An apparatus configured to modify the bandwidth allocated to an established call through an ATM network in response to a detection of the type of call, the apparatus comprising: a telephonic interface configured to communicate a call with a first communications device; an ATM interface, communicatively coupled to the telephonic interface, configured to communicate the call through an ATM network to a second communications device; a detector, coupled to the telephonic interface, configured to identify whether or not the call is a fax or a modem call; and an ATM signaling agent configured to perform signaling functions with one or more peer signaling agents located in the ATM network; wherein said signaling functions include: establishing the call with a first bandwidth through the ATM network, and responding to said identification of the fax or modem call by the detector by communicating with said one or more peer signaling agents in the ATM network to increase the bandwidth of the call having been already established with the first bandwidth.