Method and apparatus for routing integrated data, voice, and video traffic

A computer readable medium containing executable instructions which, when executed in a processing system, causes the system to perform a method for routing integrated traffic comprising data, voice, and video traffic, the method comprising:

• receiving at least one data stream, at least one voice channel, and at least one video stream;
• providing echo cancellation on the at least one voice channel;
• providing voice activity detection on the at least one voice channel, wherein the voice activity detection halts voice traffic during a silence between words and sentences;
• and
• packetizing the at least one data stream that is received, wherein the at least one data stream is compressed and encrypted;
• multiplexing the at least one data stream that is packetized, the at least one voice channel, and the at least one video stream into a transport stream;
• configuring a configurable trunk at a physical level and a protocol level using at least one trunk option, wherein configuring comprises using software to configure the trunk among a plurality of service connections and using software to allocate a plurality of trunk channels and time slots;
• and
• providing the transport stream to at least one multi-service network using the configurable trunk, wherein the at least one multi-service network comprises Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay networks.

An apparatus for routing integrated traffic comprising data, voice, and video traffic, the apparatus comprising:

• circuitry to receive at least one data stream, at least one voice channel, and at least one video stream;
• circuitry to help provide echo cancellation on the at least one voice channel and to help provide voice activity detection on the at least one voice channel, wherein the voice activity detection halts voice traffic during a silence between words and sentences
• circuitry to packetize the at least one data stream that is received, wherein the at least one data stream is compressed and encrypted;
• circuitry to multiplex the at least one data stream that is packetized, the at least one voice channel, and the at least one video stream into a transport stream;
• circuitry to help in configuring a configureable trunk a a physical level and a protocol level using at least one trunk option, wherein configuring comprises using software to configure the trunk among a plurality of service connections and using software to allocate a plurality of trunk channels and time slots;
• circuitry to provide the transport stream to at least one multi-service network using a configureable trunk, wherein the at least one multi-service network comprises Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay networks.

An apparatus for routing integrated traffic comprising data, voice, and video traffic, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving at least one data stream, at least one voice channel, and at least one video stream;
• means for compressing the at least one voice channel;
• means for providing echo cancellation on the at least one voice channel;
• means for providing voice activity detection on the at least one voice channel, wherein the voice activity detection halts voice traffic during a silence between words and sentences;
• means for packetizing the received at least one data stream, wherein the at least one data stream is compressed and encrypted;
• means for multiplexing the packetized at least one data stream, the at least one voice channel, and the at least one video stream into a transport stream;
• and
• means for providing the transport stream to at least one multi-service network using a configurable trunk, wherein the at least one multi-service network comprises Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay networks.