Wireless local area network device supporting enhanced call functions

A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit that services voice communications in a WLAN with at least one WLAN device, the WLAN transceiving integrated circuit comprising:

• a WLAN interface that wirelessly communicates with the at least one WLAN device to receive inbound packetized audio data from the at least one WLAN device and to transmit outbound packetized audio data to the at least one WLAN device;
• a transcoder operably coupled to the WLAN interface, wherein the transcoder receives the inbound packetized audio data and converts the inbound packetized audio data to inbound Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) WLAN audio data, and wherein the transcoder receives outbound PCM WLAN audio data and converts the outbound PCM WLAN audio data to the outbound packetized audio data;
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• a switch box operably coupled between the transcoder and a PCM bus, the switch box including:
• a plurality of switch box inputs that receive the inbound PCM WLAN audio data and outbound PCM bus audio data;
• a plurality of switch box outputs that produce the outbound PCM WLAN audio data and inbound PCM bus audio data;
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• signal selection and combining circuitry operably coupled to the plurality of switch box inputs and to the plurality of switch box outputs that controllably couples and decouples one of the plurality of the switch box inputs to/from one of the plurality of switch box outputs.

A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit that services voice communications in a WLAN with at least one WLAN device, the WLAN transceiving integrated circuit comprising:

• a WLAN interface that wirelessly communicates with the at least one WLAN device to receive inbound packetized audio data from the at least one WLAN device and to transmit outbound packetized audio data to the at least one WLAN device;
• a transcoder operably coupled to the WLAN interface, wherein the transcoder receives the inbound packetized audio data and converts the inbound packetized audio data to inbound Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) WLAN audio data, and wherein the transcoder receives outbound TDM PCM WLAN audio data and converts the outbound TDM PCM WLAN audio data to the outbound packetized audio data;
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• a switch box operably coupled between the transcoder and a TDM PCM bus, the switch box including:
• a plurality of switch box inputs that receive the inbound TDM PCM WLAN audio data and outbound TDM PCM bus audio data;
• a plurality of switch box outputs that produce the outbound TDM PCM WLAN audio data and inbound TDM PCM bus audio data;
• and
• wherein the switch box receives a first switch box input of the plurality of switch box inputs, wherein the switch box couples the first switch box input of the plurality of switch box inputs to a first switch box output of the plurality of switch box outputs, and wherein the switch box receives the first switch box input in a first time slot and produces the first switch box output in a second time slot that differs from the first time slot.

A method for servicing a call in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) with at least one other WLAN device, the method comprising:

• receiving first inbound packetized audio data from a first WLAN device of the at least one other WLAN device;
• converting the first inbound packetized audio data to first inbound Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) WLAN audio data;
• receiving second inbound packetized audio data from a second WLAN device of the at least one other WLAN device;
• converting the second inbound packetized audio data to second inbound PCM WLAN audio data;
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• controllably combining the first inbound PCM WLAN audio data with the second inbound PCM WLAN audio data to produce inbound PCM bus audio data.

A method for servicing a call in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) with at least one other WLAN device, the method comprising:

• receiving inbound packetized audio data from the at least one other WLAN device;
• converting the inbound packetized audio data to inbound Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) WLAN audio data;
• and
• controllably coupling and decoupling the inbound PCM WLAN audio data as inbound PCM bus audio data;
• converting the inbound PCM bus audio data to an analog audio signal;
• converting the analog audio signal to an audio signal;
• and
• presenting the audio signal to a user.

A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit that services voice communications in a WLAN with at least one WLAN device, the WLAN transceiving integrated circuit comprising:

• means for receiving first inbound packetized audio data from a first WLAN device of the at least one other WLAN device;
• means for converting the first inbound packetized audio data to first inbound Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) WLAN audio data;
• means for receiving second inbound packetized audio data from a second WLAN device of the at least one other WLAN device;
• means for converting the second inbound packetized audio data to second inbound PCM WLAN audio data;
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• means for controllably combining the first inbound PCM WLAN audio data with the second inbound PCM WLAN audio data to produce inbound PCM bus audio data.

A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit that services voice communications in a WLAN with at least one WLAN device, the WLAN transceiving integrated circuit comprising:

• means for receiving inbound packetized audio data from the at least one WLAN device;
• means for converting the inbound packetized audio data to inbound Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) WLAN audio data;
• and
• means for controllably coupling and decoupling the inbound PCM WLAN audio data as inbound PCM bus audio data;
• means for converting the inbound PCM bus audio data to an analog audio signal;
• means for converting the analog audio signal to an audio signal;
• and
• means for presenting the audio signal to a user.