METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING VOICE COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

An apparatus comprises two processors (105, 107) for supporting a remote terminal in a packet and circuit switched mode of operation respectively as well as two interfaces (113, 117) for interfacing to an external circuit and packet switched network (111, 115) respectively. A first selector (109) can select a remote terminal communication link as a packet switched mode communication link or a circuit switched mode communication link and a second selector (119) can select an external voice communication link as a voice communication link of the external circuit switched network (111) or a voice communication link of the external packet switched network (115) in response to an identity of the other party involved in the call. A conversion processor (121) can support the voice communication by conveying voice data between the selected remote terminal communication link and the selected external voice communication link.