Patent ID: 7821957
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G10L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A first telecommunications endpoint comprising: a transmitter interface for transmitting, to a second telecommunications endpoint, a first packet stream that conveys a first media waveform a(t); a receiver interface for receiving, from the second telecommunications endpoint, a second packet stream of data that represent a second media waveform a′(t); and a processor for comparing a′(t) with a(t) according to a predetermined characteristic and for adjusting, based on the comparison, the value of a first quality indication, wherein the value of the first quality indication indicates at least one of: wherein a(t) is of a user's voice and a′(t) is a reproduction of the user's voice; and wherein the number of bits transmitted per unit time in the first packet stream of data is affected by the adjusted value of the first quality indication.