Patent ID: 8155090
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling mobile-to-mobile multimedia calls in a wireless Internet Protocol (IP) network, comprising: sending a single version of a multimedia packet from a first mobile station to a first base station; sending the multimedia packet from the first base station to a media gateway; generating, at the media gateway, multiple versions of the multimedia packet; sending, to a second base station, the multiple versions of the multimedia packet, wherein the multiple versions of the multimedia packet are received in a single Real-Time Protocol (RTP) packet; selecting, by the second base station, an appropriate version of the multiple versions of the multimedia packet to send to a second mobile station, wherein the selecting further comprises receiving, from the second mobile station, a channel condition of the second mobile station, wherein the channel condition affects the perceptive performance of multimedia content, and selecting, by the second base station, the appropriate version of the multiple versions of the multimedia packet to send to the second mobile station based on at least the channel condition of the second mobile station; removing, by the second base station, the other multiple versions of the multimedia packet from the single RTP packet; and in response to the removing, forwarding, by the second base station, to the second mobile station, the appropriate version of the multiple versions of the multimedia packet in the single RTP packet.