Patent ID: 8873539
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: causing set up of a bearer connection resulting in a creation of a data transmission channel with at least one other communication equipment; causing transmission and receipt of a continuous data stream with the at least one other communication equipment after the creation of the data transmission channel for maintaining synchronization of the data transmission channel; detecting, subsequent to receipt of the continuous data stream from the at least one other communication equipment, an application protocol configuration; causing transmission of a corresponding indication to the at least one other communication equipment, the corresponding indication comprising a pre-agreed string of payload characters and being transmitted a pre-agreed number of times; causing predefined information elements to be introduced in the data stream, wherein the predefined information elements indicate local protocol settings for a multimedia call and include at least one indication meant for at least one application; recognizing predefined information elements from the data stream received from the at least one other communication equipment; and adjusting parameters of an application protocol used for the multimedia call based on the recognized predefined information elements.