Patent ID: 9225486
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A telephone communications system, comprising: a plurality of cordless telephone handsets configured to wirelessly conduct telephone calls; and a wireless access point configured to assign a first handset of the plurality of telephone handsets a timeslot for a telephone call; wherein the first handset is configured to buffer a first voice packet and a subsequent second voice packet of the telephone call, transmit to the wireless access point via a first timeslot, a first payload packet that includes the first voice packet and the second voice packet, and transmit, to the wireless access point after the first payload packet, a second payload packet via a second timeslot that includes the second voice packet; wherein the wireless access point is further configured to: assess the second voice packets received via the first payload packet and the second payload packet for errors; select, based on the assessment of the second voice packets, one of the second voice packets to transmit to a receiver; and transmit the selected second voice packet to the receiver; wherein the wireless access point is further configured to: assess the second voice packet of the first payload packet for errors based on a first frame check sequence packet of the first payload packet; and assess the second voice packet of the second payload packet for errors based on a second frame check sequence packet of the second payload packet.