METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STAND-ALONE VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL WITH POTS TELEPHONE SUPPORT

摘要

An apparatus and methods for utilizing a stand-alone Voice over Internet Protocol (VolP) telephone with traditional plain old telephone service (POTS) telephone support is disclosed. A stand-alone VolP telephone with an analog telephone adaptor supporting a plurality of external analog telephone sets and a digital Internet protocol (IP) interface to support VolP voice data communication over a data channel is presented. The VolP telephone is used to establish VolP service line data connections between a VolP telephone and a data switch to an IP network (310). The VolP telephone receives an analog telephone signal from an external analog telephone (315) and establishes a voice connection between the external analog telephone and the VolP telephone (320).