Patent ID: 8209187
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: intercepting, at a network element of a communication network, rate control information sent towards a second end user device of the communication network indicating a need to change a first codec rate to a second codec rate of coded data in a communication received from the second user device in a downlink connection from the communication network to a first end user device; receiving, at the network element, coded data from said second end user device destined to said first end user device, which said coded data is coded with the first codec rate; starting, at said network element, in response to said intercepted rate control information, rate transformation to transform said data received from said second end user device coded with said first codec rate into said second codec rate in the downlink connection to said first end user device; receiving second coded data destined to said first end user device, which said second coded data is coded with said second codec rate; and stopping said rate transformation in response to receiving said second coded data.