The present invention relates to the field of telephony communication networks, and, more specifically, to the networking of telephone sets within a building over single telephone line.
There is a growing need for expanded telephone communication capabilities within the home. This need is driven by two major factors: the increasing use of additional outside lines and the desirability of exchange functionality within the home, such as for intercom systems.
Telephone Wiring
An in-home telephone service usually employs two or four wires, and is accessed via telephone outlets into which the telephone sets are connected.
Junction box 16 is used to separate the in-home circuitry from the PSTN and is used as a test facility for troubleshooting as well as for wiring new in the home. A plurality of telephones 13a and 13b connects to telephone line 5 via a plurality of telephone outlets 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d. Each outlet has a connector (often referred to as a “jack”), denoted in
While network 10 exhibits serial or daisy-chained topology wherein the wiring is serialized from an outlet to the next one only, other topologies such as star, tree or any arbitrary topology may also be used. The telephone wiring system within a residence, however, is always composed of wired media: two or four copper wires, and outlets which provide direct access for connecting to these wires.
Additional Subscriber Lines
Alternatively, the new wiring 6a can be routed together and as part of existing wiring 5, using the same in-wall routing. In such a case, either several new telephone outlets need to be installed, or the existing outlets need to be replaced with ones employing two or more telephone connectors.
In both the cases described above, new wiring must be added. The routing and installation of such wiring is both labor-intensive and expensive. Adding the new wiring on the exterior of the wall is less expensive, but may be aesthetically undesirable.
In buildings where four wires (two pairs) have been installed, adding a second subscriber line is quick and easy. The second pair of the existing wiring is used for the second subscriber line, thus obviating the need for routing additional wires. However, the same problem of needing additional wires is encountered in this case when a third or fourth subscriber line is required. In general, additional wiring is required whenever adding a new subscriber line to a home exceeds the capacity of the existing wiring.
The recent move towards de-regulation has enabled the subscriber to receive telephone services from providers other than the traditional telephone companies. One example is the competitive carriers in the United-States. In addition, non-telephone businesses, such as cable television and satellite-based network providers, are starting to offer telephone services. Thus, the customer may select added subscriber lines to be supplied by different service providers.
Exchange Features
As used herein, the phrase “PABX-type features”, or the idiomatic equivalent thereof, is intended to encompass features including, but not limited to: hold/call pick up; call transfer between subsets; conference calls; calls coming from, or going to, a central office exchange; ringing on all subsets; repertory dialing; memory dialing. A rapid expansion in residential-oriented telephone systems and equipment has been developing to satisfy an ever-growing number of needs related to telephone communication. One particular need in many residences is the ability to selectively communicate among a number of telephone sets all of which are connected via the single central office telephone line that accesses the residence. In addition, other identified needs of residential subscribers are similar to those of businesses having a private automatic branch exchange (PABX). However, most such existing exchanges require ‘star’ topology, in which all outlets are directly connected to the exchange. While this topology is supported in some residences, most buildings do not employ such a topology, as the example in
Data Over Telephone Lines
There is a requirement for simultaneously using the existing telephone infrastructure for both telephone and data networking. In this way, the task of establishing a new local area network in a home or other building is simplified, because there would be no additional wires to install. U.S. Pat. No. 4,766,402 to Crane (hereinafter referred to as “Crane”) teaches a way to form a LAN over two-wire telephone lines, but without the telephone service.
The concept of frequency domain/division multiplexing (FDM) is well-known in the art, and provides means of splitting the bandwidth carried by a wire into a low-frequency band capable of carrying an analog telephony signal and a high-frequency band capable of carrying data communication or other signals. Such a mechanism is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,785,448 to Reichert et al (hereinafter referred to as “Reichert”). Also widely used are xDSL systems, primarily Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) systems.
As another example, relevant prior-art in this field is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,896,443 to Dichter (hereinafter referred to as “Dichter”). Dichter suggests a method and apparatus for applying frequency domain/division multiplexing (FDM) technique for residential telephone wiring, enabling simultaneously carrying telephone and data communication signals. The bandwidth enabled by the wiring is split into a low-frequency band capable of carrying an analog telephony signal and a high-frequency band capable of carrying data communication signals. In such a mechanism, the telephone service is not affected, while data communication capability is provided over existing telephone wiring within a home.
The Dichter network is illustrated in
Additional prior-art patents in this field can be found under U.S. Class 379/093.08, which relates to carrying data over telephone wiring without any modifications made to the telephone wiring (e.g. wires and outlets), U.S. Pat. No. 5,841,360 and U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 09/123,486 and 09/357,379 to the present inventor are the first to suggest modifying the telephone wiring, by means of splitting the wiring into distinct segments, each of which connects two telephone outlets. In this way, the network is modified from ‘bus’ topology into multiple ‘point-to-point’ segments, enabling superior communication characteristics.
Part of such a network 60 is shown in
Life-Line
The term “life-line” as used herein denotes the basic use of the telephone service for emergency purposes. As such, it is required that a malfunction of any other system or service (e.g. electricity) will not degrade the telephone system capability. In practical terms, this means that as long as an operational telephone set is connected to the exchange via continuous two wires, the telephone service will be maintained, even in the case of power outage.
There is thus a widely recognized need for, and it would be highly advantageous to have, a means for implementing a telephone system in-home, wherein the telephone units can be networked within the home as well as to multiple external subscriber lines, without requiring the installation of additional wires within the home. This goal is met by the present invention.
The present invention, discloses an improved telephone system within a building over a single telephone line. The telephone line with the building is used as a medium for a communication network carrying multiple voice channels in a TDM (Time Domain multiplexing) fashion. New wiring or a pre-existing telephone lines may be used. In each outlet, conversion between one or more of the data voice channels to and from a standard analog telephone signal (POTS) is performed by a module. The exchange features previously described are implemented by digitally routing the voice channels between the outlets. Signals from external telephone feeders (connections between the telephone service provider's central office and the line within the building) can also be digitized by a module and routed within the communication network. In this way, standard analog telephone equipment and signals therefrom can be interfaced by the modules and used in a multiple voice channel network over a single telephone line.
Two types of communication network are supported. In the first configuration, the telephone wiring is retained in the typical continuous arrangement, thereby forming a bus-type network where the module within each outlet has a single telephone-line modem. In the second configuration, the telephone lines are broken at each outlet, and a telephone-line modem is coupled to each wire end, thereby forming point-to-point communication segments between each pair of connected outlets.
The module that couples the telephone line to the telephone interface, or any of the components of the module, can be fully integrated into the outlet, partially integrated into the outlet, or externally configured.
Life-line functionality is facilitated by using passive filters to separate the available line bandwidth into a low band and a high band. The high band is used by the multiple voice channel communication network, while the low band is used for carrying a standard analog telephone service without using any active components. In such a case, each outlet may contain a life-line telephone interface and one or more telephone interfaces for the voice channels carried by the communication network.
Therefore, the present invention provides for use with a telephone installation within a building, the telephone installation having a line and external connections between the line and a central office of a telephone service provider, a system for connecting to the telephone installation so as to allow more voice channels to be carried over the line without requiring modification or extension of the telephone installation, the system comprising at least two modules for coupling to the telephone line, wherein said modules are operative for:
(i) converting between at least one standard analog telephone signal and at least one time-domain multiplexed voice channel; and
(ii) interfacing with standard analog telephone equipment and signals therefrom.
Furthermore, according to the present invention there is provided a kit for upgrading a pre-existing telephone installation having a line within a building so as to allow more voice channels to be carried over the line without requiring modification or extension of the telephone installation, the kit including:
(i) at least one outlet, said outlet having a connection for coupling to the line; and
(ii) a module operative for:
a) converting between at least one standard analog telephone signal and at least one time-domain multiplexed voice channel; and
b) interfacing with standard analog telephone equipment and signals therefrom.
Moreover, according to the present invention there is provided a method for upgrading a pre-existing telephone installation having a line within a building, so as to allow more voice channels to be carried over the line without requiring modification or extension of the telephone installation, the method including the steps of:
(i) providing a telephone line modem;
(ii) providing a subscriber-line interface;
(iii) providing a drop-and-insert multiplexer for interfacing between the voice channels and said subscriber-line interface;
(iv) providing an outlet; and
(v) equipping said outlet with said telephone-line modem, said subscriber-line interface, and said drop-and-insert multiplexer.
The invention is herein described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The principles and operation of a network according to the present invention may be understood with reference to the drawings and the accompanying description. The drawings and descriptions are conceptual only. In actual practice, a single component can implement one or more functions; alternatively, each function can be implemented by a plurality of components and circuits. In the drawings and descriptions, identical reference numerals indicate those components which are common to different embodiments or configurations.
A first embodiment of the present invention is based on an adapter module (hereinafter denoted as a “module”), which enables the connection of a standard telephone set to the data communication network over the telephone line.
Module 70 may also contain additional logic, control, processing, data storage, and a power-supply. Except for facilities such as logic, control, and PBX capabilities, which are handled by unit 73, such additional functions are performed by other components not shown in
A first embodiment of a network of the present invention is based on the Dichter network.
As shown in
While network 80 has been described having two external feeders 86a and 86b, it is clear that a single such feeder can also be used. For example, if only line 86a is used, exchange line interface 81b is unnecessary. Alternatively, more than two such external feeders can be used. For each additional feeder, an additional exchange line interface must be furnished, along with additional support capability of the drop-and-insert multiplexer 82.
Implementing the network 80 within a residence requires replacing telephone outlets, such as outlet 11a (
Both module 70 and module 85 contain active components. Thus, in the event of a power loss or malfunction in any of the components, the network 80 may fail to provide telephony service. In order to support ‘life-line’ capability, therefore, the module requires additional components.
While
An outlet according to the invention is physically similar in size, shape, and overall appearance to a standard outlet, so that such an outlet can be substituted for a standard outlet in the building wall. No changes are required in the overall telephone line layout or configuration.
While the invention has been so far described wherein the data communication network is based on the Dichter topology, the present invention can equally-well be applied to the prior-art wired network topology illustrated in
Upgrade Kit
The present invention also provides for a kit for upgrading an existing telephone installation to support a network as described herein.
The present invention also provides a method for upgrading a pre-existing telephone installation having a line within a building, to support a network as described herein. The method involves:
(i) providing a telephone line modem;
(ii) providing a subscriber-line interface;
(iii) providing a drop-and-insert multiplexer for interfacing between the voice channels and said subscriber-line interface;
(iv) providing an outlet; and
(v) equipping said outlet with said telephone-line modem, said subscriber-line interface, and said drop-and-insert multiplexer.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the existing installation can be upgraded to support life-line communication. In such a case, there are the additional steps of:
(vi) providing passive high-pass and low-pass filters for separating a lower band for standard analog telephone service from a higher band for multiplexed voice channels;
(vii) connecting the filters to isolate the standard analog telephone service from the multiplexed voice channels; and
(viii) providing a connector to connect a standard telephone set to the standard analog telephone service.
While the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, it will be appreciated that many variations, modifications and other applications of the invention may be made,
Thus, for example, whilst the invention has been described with particular reference to a network installed in a domestic residence, it will be apparent that no such limitation is intended and the invention is equally well applicable for use in non-domestic premises such as office, factories and the like.
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/399,512, filed Apr. 7, 2006, itself a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/594,765, filed on Jun. 16, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,274,688, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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