Patent ID: 8467308
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: generating a plurality of packets for transmission over a first voice path of a voice call with an end station, wherein the first voice path is in a direction to the end station, the voice call having a second voice path in a direction from the end station; receiving a report packet from the end station indicating quality of the first voice path, wherein the report packet includes a field specifying number of lost packets; generating a notification for presentation to a user engaged in the voice call, the notification specifying one of a plurality of levels corresponding to the quality of the first voice path based on the report packet; and selectively initiating termination of the voice call based on the generated notification, wherein the report packet further includes a field specifying a timestamp corresponding to a time when the report packet was transmitted from the end station, a field specifying a fraction of packets lost from the end station since a previous time a report packet was sent, and a field specifying an estimate of a statistical variance of a packet interarrival time.