Selecting an adaptor mode and communicating data based on the selected adaptor mode
AssigneeGeneral Instrument Corporation
InventorsJacob Igval, Christopher J. Cotignola, Dipak Patel
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Abstract
A device selects a mode and communicates data based on the selected mode. The device comprises at least one interface circuit configured to monitor analog audio signals from a customer premise equipment device and a processor circuit. The processor circuit assigns a first band mode for converting the analog audio signals to data packets if the analog audio signals do not have frequency components outside the first band of frequencies and assigns a second band mode for the conversion otherwise. The assignment of the second band mode for the conversion enables the output circuit to use a larger bandwidth of the communication channel to a network.
Claims13
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) device for selecting a mode and communicating data based on the selected mode, the device comprising:
- at least one interface circuit, each interface circuit configured to monitor analog audio signals from one or more customer premise equipment device(s) during a communication to determine monitored frequency components of the analog audio signals from the corresponding customer premises equipment(s), and determine whether the monitored frequency components are outside a first band of frequencies;
- a processor circuit coupled to the at least one interface circuit and configured to:
- assign a first band mode for converting the analog audio signals to data packets during portions of the communication when none of frequency components monitored by the at least one interface circuit are outside the first band of frequencies, wherein each data packet comprises a header field and a data field;
- assign a second band mode for the conversion during portions of the communication when any one or more of the frequency components monitored by the at least one interface circuit are outside the first band of frequencies;
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- convert the analog audio signals to data packets by using the assigned one of the second and first band modes;
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- an output circuit coupled to the processor circuit and configured to receive and transmit the data packets through a communication channel to a network, wherein the assignment of the second band mode for the conversion enables the output circuit to use a larger bandwidth of the communication channel to the network than a bandwidth allowed by the assignment of the first band mode for the conversion in transmitting the data packets through the communication channel.
A method used in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) device for selecting an adaptor mode and communicating data based on the selected adaptor mode, the method comprising:
- monitoring analog audio signals from at least one customer premise equipment device during a communication to determine monitored frequency components of the analog audio signals;
- determining during the communication whether the monitored frequency components are outside a first band of frequencies;
- assigning a first band mode to an adaptor for converting the analog audio signals to data packets during portions of the communication when none of the monitored frequency components are outside the first band of frequencies, wherein each data packet comprises a header field and a data field;
- assigning a second band mode to the adaptor for the conversion during portions of the communication when the monitored frequency components are outside the first band of frequencies, wherein the assignment of the second band mode enables the adaptor to use a larger bandwidth of a communication channel to a network than a bandwidth allowed by the assignment of the first band mode for the conversion in transmitting the data packets on the communication channel;
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- transmitting the data packets through the communication channel to the network by using the adaptor.
A computer program product embodied on one or more tangible computer readable storage mediums that are each one of a machine or manufacture, the computer program for selecting a mode and communicating data based on the selected mode, the computer program product comprising instructions for:
- monitoring analog audio signals from at least one customer premise equipment device during a communication to determine monitored frequency components of the analog audio signals;
- determining during the communication whether the monitored frequency components are outside a first band of frequencies;
- assigning a first band mode to an adaptor for converting the analog audio signals to data packets during portions of the communication when none of the monitored frequency components are outside the first band of frequencies, wherein each data packet comprises a header field and a data field;
- assigning a second band mode to the adaptor for the conversion during portions of the communication when the monitored frequency components are outside the first band of frequencies, wherein the assignment of the second band mode enables the adaptor to use a larger bandwidth of a communication channel to a network than a bandwidth allowed by the assignment of the first band mode for the conversion in transmitting the data packets on the communication channel;
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- transmitting the data packets through the communication channel to the network by using the adaptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.