Patent ID: 7436849

Claim:
A digital communication system comprising: a remote line access unit (RLAU) providing signal format conversion between a digital subscriber line (DSL) signal and a high-speed digital signal, the RLAU further incorporating splitter functionality such that the DSL signal is received separately from an analog voice frequency (VF) signal, the DSL signal being received at the RLAU from a digital subscriber line access multiplexor (DSLAM) and the DSL signal being combined with the analog voice frequency (VF) signal by the RLAU, the analog voice frequency (VF) signal being received from a plain old telephone system (POTS); and a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) processing the high-speed digital signal, Wherein the RLAU receives Internet data via the high speed digital signal, receives communication data via a different signal, combines the received data, and converts the combined data into a plurality of different DSL signals in a plurality of different DSL formats.