FR2787958A1 - Mixed telephone communications routing having high frequency/telephone line inputs and receiver/transmit modules routing/processing incoming telephone calls. - Google Patents

Abstract

The telephone communications unit (1) has a high frequency mobile phone antenna (8) and receiver module (3) with a telephone line input (5) and module (2). The central unit processes mobile radio inputs and transmits them (11) to a telephone line module (12) and output (9). Calls can also be routed (10) from the input telephone line to output telephone line.

Description

The object of the present invention, by placing itself in the line

  evolution of telephone communications to allow various users, more particularly those who use a switchboard, to route their communications completely (or partially) over the wireless network so as to free themselves from the constraint that represents the current wire junction. Telephone installations at home or in a company currently have incoming telephone lines and outgoing telephone lines.

  The incoming lines of the switchboard are connected to the wired telephone network.

  1o Outgoing lines are connected to a wired installation which leads to telephone terminals, cordless telephone bases, computer modems or

  any other instrument using a telephone line (fax ...).

  Compared to this existing, mobile phones use a wireless transmission system. These materials are intended for individual use and are perfectly insusceptible to be connected to the installations and equipment installed.

  at the home or in a business.

  In addition, neither current standards, nor mobile phones allow a solution to be achieved which should result in the mixing of wired and hertzian and even less

  to an entirely wireless solution.

  The device according to the invention overcomes these drawbacks. It comes in the form of a box installed upstream of the standard. This box comprises a certain number of modules, as much as is necessary to supply the switchboard with incoming telephone lines. There are two types of module. The first serves as a connector for telephone wires. The second, object of the invention, is a receiver capable of receiving the very high frequency waves currently used in transmission (either by satellites or by terrestrial relays) and transforming them into

  telephone modulation, suitably amplified.

  Figure 1, unique, symbolizes the box intended for the reception of the waves and the

  dispatching of the different lines.

  The operation of the system is as follows: in the case where a part of the housing (1) serves, at the will of the user, as a traditional transmission system, the module (2) receives the line of the telephone network ( 5) and the connection to the outgoing line (6) takes place through the module (4) via the line inside the housing (10). In the case where another part of the box is used, at the user's will, in the purely radio frame, therefore in disconnection with the telephone network, the antenna (8) located outside or at the inside the module (3) transmits to the receiving unit (7) the frequencies generated by the callers' telephones. This member (7) transforms very high frequencies into telephone modulation which is suitably amplified and transmitted to the outgoing line (9) linked to the module (12) thanks to the internal line (11). It can thus be seen that the box (1) is able, as desired, to receive, in part or in whole, either the telephone modulation of the network by lines such as the line (5), or the very high radio frequencies by antennas of the type of antenna (8), associated with receiving organs of the type of organ (7). The transmissions at 0 Io inside the case are accomplished in a conventional manner, it being understood that any internal switching in the case makes it possible to establish the widest variety of connections between the different modules. The user thus has a very wide facility since he can, according to the needs, increase or decrease the telephone network modality or the

radio antenna mode.

  The device according to the invention is intended for individuals as well as for businesses.

  In a simple configuration, the device can be a unit which is connected by wire to a conventional telephone set or to any other installation using a telephone line. In this version, the input of the device consists of a single radio reception module. There is no diversity with a wired installation in

Entrance.

  In a more complex configuration, the device can have several wired input modules and several other wireless input modules. The output modules are all in wire format for the reuse of existing installations or

their evolution.

  In another technical solution, the device may only include modules intended for radio reception. In this case, the user can connect this device to its switchboard for the number of wireless reception lines it wishes to have, the other links to the telephone network can remain in place.

  and, therefore, do not go through the device.

  According to a variant, the device can be integrated into the standard or into the

classic phone.

  The device according to the invention is particularly intended for users who wish to have a switchboard which can accept a mix as input

  communications from the network and / or wireless communications.

  It has the advantage of giving access to this diversity without obliging the user to question all of its telephone installation and therefore the costly investments to which it has given rise. (switchboard, wiring, extensions, etc.) In addition, users of the lines located after the switchboard will not notice any change in the operation of their telephone equipment, which will avoid any loss of time in staff training. -4-

Claims (2)

  1 - Device according to the invention, characterized in that it comprises a housing (1) arranged with modules (2) and / or (3) at the input, modules (4) and / or (12) at the output, indicated only by way of example, intended, some such as the module (2) and / or the module (4) to transmit the telephone modulation of the network according to the conventional mode from the incoming line (5) to the outgoing line ( 6), the others such as the module (3) and the module (12) to receive by an antenna (8) the very high frequencies used in radio telephony and to transform them into a specialized receiver of the receiver type (7) in modulation telephone which is then transmitted to an outgoing line of the line type (9) via a line (11) inside the housing (1), it being understood that any switching internal to the housing makes it possible to establish the most diverse wide of connections between the different modules.   2 - Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the antenna (8) located outside or inside the module (3) transmits to the receiving member (7) the frequencies generated by the telephones of callers, this organ (7) i5 transforming the very high frequencies into telephone modulation which is suitably amplified and transmitted to the outgoing line (9) linked to the module (12) thanks to the internal line (11).