Patent ID: 7739730

Claim:
A method of automatically setting operational parameters of a digital communication device, through which packetized voice and data services are supplied over a digital communication link to a customer site, so that said operational parameters conform with those of various pieces of equipment employed by a service provider to deliver said packetized voice and data services, said method comprising the steps of: (a) causing said digital communication device to automatically set the line rate for conducting said packetized voice and data communications over said digital communication link; (b) causing said digital communication device to automatically set the type of encoding to be employed for conducting said packetized voice and data communications over said digital communication link; and (c) causing said digital communication device to automatically set the type of digital communication device communication protocol to be employed for conducting said packetized voice and data communications over said digital communication link, in accordance with the line rate set in step (a) and the type of encoding set in step (b).