Patent ID: 6466585
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In a first communication station operable in a radio communication system in which multimedia information is communicated between the first communication station and a second communication station, an improvement of apparatus for converting packet-formatted data, of which the multimedia information is formed, into a radio-link format, amenable for transmission upon a radio link to the second communication station, said apparatus comprising:a detector for detecting control-plane information associated with the packet-formatted data; a requester coupled to receive indications of detection by said detector of the control-plane information, said requester for requesting allocation of a special channel defined upon the radio link extending between the first and second communication stations for communication of the multimedia information thereon; and a format converter coupled to receive the packet-formatted data of which the multimedia information is formed, and responsive to allocation of the special channel requested by said requester, said format converter for converting the packet-formatted data into the radio-link format, thereafter to permit transmission, upon the special channel, of the multimedia information formatted in the radio-link format.