Patent ID: 8953622
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for jitter buffering within a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request to set up a call; determining base stations involved in the call; determining an appropriate jitter-buffer size for each base station involved in the call, wherein the jitter-buffer size for each base station involved in the call may differ from each other, and wherein the step of determining the appropriate jitter-buffer size comprises the step of determining a summation of a QoS for each backhaul involved in the call and basing the jitter-buffer size as a function of the summation of the QoS for each backhaul involved in the call, wherein more than one backhaul is involved in the call; and sending a call-initiation message to each base station involved in the call, wherein the call-initiation message sent to a particular base station includes the jitter-buffer size for the particular base station; sending a second call-initiation message when another base station joins the call, wherein the second call-initiation message sent to the particular base station includes a second specifically tailored jitter-buffer size for the particular base station that is based on a backhaul QoS for the another base station.