Patent ID: 6041048
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In a communication system that includes a packet switching network and a base site, the packet switching network supporting a plurality of communication services, a method for providing information packets associated with a first communication service and information packets associated with a second communication service to the base site, the method comprising the steps of:providing a communication link between the packet switching network and the base site, wherein the communication link has a bandwidth that is substantially equal to an aggregate bandwidth of radio communication resources supported by the base site;determining at least one attribute of the first communication service and at least one characteristic of the second communication service;determining that a first attribute of the first communication service is more critical than the at least one characteristic of the second communication service;modifying the at least one characteristic of the second communication service based on the first attribute of the first communication service to produce at least one modified characteristic;conveying, via the communication link, the information packets associated with the first communication service and the information packets associated with the second communication service to the base site based on the first attribute of the first communication service;wherein the first communication service comprises voice service and wherein the first attribute of the first communication service comprises tolerance to time delay variability;wherein the second communication service comprises packet data and wherein the at least one characteristic of the second communication service comprises packet size and packet rate;wherein the information packets associated with the second communication service comprise a group of data packets and wherein the step of modifying comprises the steps of:dividing each data packet of the group of data packets into a respective plurality of data blocks; anddelaying at least one data block of the respective plurality of data blocks to thereby reduce the packet rate.