| US 7,539,479 B2 | ||
| Use of T1 facility data link to transport status and configuration data packets for loop-powered T1 radio | ||
| Jonathan Brock McDonald, New Market, Ala. (US); and Eric Malcolm Rives, Hampton Cove, Ala. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Adtran, Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 17, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/462,921. | ||
| Application 10/462921 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/771370, filed on Jan. 26, 2001, granted, now 6,907,267. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0014493 A1, Jan. 22, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—401 [455/434; 455/561; 370/524] | 18 Claims |
| 1. For use with a wireless transceiver coupled to and powered by a powered wireline communication link, and being configured
to wirelessly transmit and receive RF energy containing digital telecommunication signals transported over said powered wireline
communication link, a method of interfacing auxiliary information with respect to said wireless transceiver comprising the
steps of:
(a) providing an out-of-band communication channel within a portion of a band employed for transport of said digital telecommunication
signals over said powered wireline communication link;
(b) at a site remote with respect to said wireless transceiver, controllably inserting first auxiliary information within
said out-of-band communication channel conveyed over said powered wireline communication link to said wireless transceiver;
and
(c) at said wireless transceiver, controllably extracting said first auxiliary information from said out-of-band communication
channel conveyed over said powered wireline communication link to said wireless transceiver, and controllably inserting second
auxiliary information into said out-of-band communication channel for transport over said powered wireline communication link
from said wireless transceiver to a digital communication link located at said site remote with respect to said wireline transceiver.
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