Patent ID: 6130883
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In a communication system providing communication of voice information between a mobile station (MS) and a host through a base station system (BSS) and a data packet switching network, a method comprising the steps of:establishing a wireless link between said MS and BSS;channel coding said voice information according to a channel coding scheme to produce channel coded voice information;transmitting said channel coded voice information over said wireless link;receiving said channel coded voice information over said wireless link;channel decoding said channel coded voice information based on said channel coding scheme to produce decoded voice information; andadapting format of said decoded voice information to a data packet switching format suitable for transportation of said decoded voice information over said data packet switching network or format of said decoded voice information from data packet switching format to a format suitable for said channel coding, wherein said adapting format of said decoded voice information step includes adding protocol data bits to said decoded voice information.