Patent ID: 7016377

Claim:
An integrated access system in an ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) system, comprising: a Multiservice Access Concentrator System (MACS) and an Integrated Access Device (IAD) in communication with each other using an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL); the MACS having downlink channels that include a plurality of voice channels to transmit voice signals and a plurality of data channels to transmit data, and uplink channels that include a plurality of voice channels to receive voice signals in response to the voice signals on the downlink voice channels and a plurality of data channels to receive data in response to the data on the downlink data channels, for collecting voice signals and data destined for subscribers from a telephone network and the Internet, the voice signals and data being transmitted/received to/from the IAD in a predefined compressed format; the IAD (Integrated Access Device) for receiving the compressed voice signals on the downlink voice channels and data on the downlink data channels, and decompressing the received voice signals and the received data and building a Time Division Multiplex (TDM) frame including the voice signals and the data and transmitting the TDM frame including the voice signals and data using a two-wire telephone line to corresponding adapters coupled to respective telephones and computers, and transmitting voice signals and data generated from the telephones and the computers to the MACS on corresponding uplink voice channels and data channels in response to the received voice signals and data.